Suggestion of device for paper profiling

[picturesfromthelow]

Hi,
since 2011 I have been printing my work on an Epson 3880 using mostly Canson paper, profiled with a Color Munki from X-Rite. Lately I've been printing also for other photographers, and I'm getting good feedback on this. So now I'd like to set up a small printing lab, by purchasing an Epson SC-P7000. I would like to upgrade the paper profiles as well, but I'm quite confused by the huge amount of devices available from X-Rite. Apart from the different devices themselves, each one also comes in different versions (studio, basic.....). I will not profile many papers, but I would like my profiles to be as best as they can be.
Can you give recommendations about which device / version would best suit my requirements?
I would prefer to do the profiling on my own, as I had mixed experience when using a third party profiling service.

Cheers,
Luca

[I.T. Supplies]

Hi Luca,

I agree that X-Rite has many devices to choose from.  The common options for basic to novice photographers that want to mainly do color calibration and profiling would be the X-Rite i1Basic Pro 2 or i1Photo Pro 2.  Photo and Publish have different pieces in them for more advanced profiling basically.  You don't get the color checker passport on the Basic version, but can calibrate your screen and make your own profile.

Just as a heads up that these versions require manual scanning of the targets, but still come out pretty accurate if don't properly.  There is also a automatic scanner option that is a little more than the i1Publish Pro 2 is, but you just feed the target media into the scanner and it handles the rest.

If you want an inexpensive option and don't mind manually scanning, than go with the i1Basic Pro 2.

Feel free to contact us directly if you have further questions about the options.

IT Supplies

[Stephen G]

I run a small lab, doing art reproductions and photographic printing on a P9000. I use and recommend the X-Rite i1Photo Pro 2 package. All you need for profiling inkjets, and does displays too if you need it to.

I've been getting great results following the invaluable tips left on this forum by users like Doug Gray, Ethan Hansen, digitaldog and many other contributors.

The first post in this thread is a good place to start.

[digitaldog]

If you're happy with the profiles from the ColorMunki, stick with it. For the small number of patches it needs to read, it does a very good job and uses the same color engine as i1Profiler albeit, you have less options for the creation of the perceptual table (questionable if that's even necessary depending on the device).

[picturesfromthelow]

Just wanted to thank you all for the kind replies and suggestion. In reply to Andrew: I had a good experience with ColorMunki, the process is very simple and fast, but I sometimes find slight differences between the proof as seen on the monitor compared to the print. For this reasons I am thinking about upgrading.

[digitaldog]

Just wanted to thank you all for the kind replies and suggestion. In reply to Andrew: I had a good experience with ColorMunki, the process is very simple and fast, but I sometimes find slight differences between the proof as seen on the monitor compared to the print. For this reasons I am thinking about upgrading.

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