Are you saying there are some supported instruments that don't work correctly with i1Pr ? or that there are some papers that are unable to be profiled by i1Pr ? If the answer to the either of the last two is yes, you really need to add that to your review.
From the beginning of this thread I made and continue to make two points: 1. A UV Cut i1Pro
can be used to profile a display just as a No-Cut i1Pro can be used to profile a display and 2. i1Profile does
not have an OBC compensation algorithm as PMP had (and Match). This was the premise you made which is unsubstantiated and backed up by the simplistic notion that because you are happy with profiles from papers with presumably (and undefined) “high” OBA’s without UV Cut, the software must be doing something the engineers have told a group of us it isn’t doing.
The best possible solution for handling OBA is an instrument that can measure with and without a filter. I have two, a Spectrolino and an iSis. Even with the iSis, X-Rite has provided another OBA compensation tool with a target and software that one uses to visually adjust the resulting profile!
The next best possible solution is to have two devices with each option. I have two, an i1Pro with and an i1Pro without UV Cut filter.
The last option is one in which someone has to purchase a
single instrument either with or without a filter. In such a case I’d recommend a device with a cut filter but THIS IS NOT IDEAL. That’s WHY manufacturers have instruments that can handle both modes of measurement!
I’ve seen cases where high OBA papers (high after viewing under a black light AND reading the bStar values around -6) produced better results in terms of a profile using a NO CUT filter! There is no simple answer here which you seem to desire. Sorry, its a very complex area of colorimetry. The light source of the instrument, how it may filter UV, the papers, the viewing booth or viewing illuminant ALL play a role in which mode of measurement will produce the ideal results.
