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Whatever you say Jim. What's 27 percent of 42 Million? I would think that 11+ million dollars is a pretty healthy profit. Obviously X-Rite valued the assets as being higher since they paid 180 million for them. Doesn't sound like much of bailout to me. I don't think they paid over 16 time...

Jim, I'm not going to waste anymore time explaining the process. You are free to your opinion. I just wish you operated in my market. BTW: Pantone was recently purchased by X-Rite. Who are the world market leader in color management equipment and software. They are growing and very healthy. In...

I use an old roller I had laying around from the days of old. I used to use it for burnishing down type when we used to have to lay it down with a wax adhesive prior to the days of all this new fangled electronic pre-press. Although if I get lazy my thumb works just as good. It just gets sore...

Pantone provides a number of tools designed specifically to provide colors that can be matched using CMYK inks. The they also provide their formula (spot ink) guide. Many colors within than can also be reproduced, many colors cannot. They actually show you within the guide which ones can and...

I've never argued anything other than that Pantone colors are specified in far more place than simply logos. Newspaper ads rarely ever achieve a color match I'll give you that. Newsprint is a very gray crappy stock. Often major advertisers will pay for an ultrabright stock if they're running a...

Jim if you can't get it to work that is entirely your issue to deal with. You don't even seem to be able to fully grasp the variety of tools they offer and what they are designed for. They work for me, exactly as advertised. I trust them every day and they don't let me down. In fact they work...

Absolutely. You need to profile the higher resolutions to take advantage though. The difference in gamut volume on a couple of my medias are as follows. Roll up Display Material 720 x 540 - 6 pass has 91.2% of the 720 x 1440 - 16 pass setting. Poster Paper 720 x 540 - 12 pass has only 75% of...

I just print the front side to 1" larger all around. Trim it to that size and apply the tape to the backside along the very edge. Then I only peel back a corner of the other side of the DS tape and make sure it goes down straight and folds at 1" (width of the DS tape) on one side of the banner...

Jim it depends on which pantone book you're talking about. The 4 color process guide set is designed to show their users what are acceptable color choices that can be reproduced using SWOP standard inks. The Pantone formula guide is designed to show people what they can achieve when printing...

What version of CMYK are you using? Inkjet pigments (which manufacturer) or Standard Web Offset Printing (SWOP), or Hexachrome (PANTONE 6 color process) pigments. Ever compared them all? Do you think they match? Will they create the same color when mixed at the same percentages? Not a hope in...

They have trademarked their production methods, reference guides, and the artwork associated with it. No different than we like to protect our own design work. They have not as you imply trademarked the color spectrum. They have also developed their own base inks and mixing formulations that...

That's why I profile stuff like IJ180 after lamination. Works great. The color only gets better in the deeper saturates (it loses a little on the brightest end of the scale). Who uses a 2mil cast without lam?

A couple of things that will help you get out of gamut colors. Slow the printer down. A higher number of passes lets you lay down more ink. Obviously this affects your gamut size tremendously. The other is to use relative colorimetric as your conversion type. Perceptual will create bright...

I have the JV33/130 with CMYKCMLcLm Eco Solvents and love the quality. Best inkjet printer I've ever owned.

Wasatch softrip supports the white ink function on Mimaki printers. It also supports custom icc profiles and is cheaper than the profile upgrade for rasterlink. It has an available print/cut option as well.

My Canadian supplier recently tried to charge me $250 for a 440cc cartridge. Let's just say it didn't go over so well.

That would be awesome to know what he did to the machine.

Turn the machine completely off with the side power button. Move the head away from the capping station. Fill the capping station with the cleaning fluid and then park the head back on the capping station. This will keep the head moist and ready to go. It may siphon some cleaning fluid back...

I have a cartridge (Lc) that's blinking on my JV-33. Does anybody know how long past the expiry date these will go before the machine treats it as empty?

What kind of RIP is included with the unit? Is it a colorburst product? Do you know if it can handle print/cut applications and drive a cutter in addition to the Epson?