HP 315 or 365 - built in spectrophotometer

[missytoe]

Hi, how important and helpful is the built in spectrophotometer on the 365? Can the color matching still be done without it, or is it just more difficult? Thanks.

 

[dypinc]

You need to have a spectrophotometer one way or another. If you have handheld one and a RIP with the ability to create profiles then it is probably not as important to have it on the printer. I have the 360 but I think the 315 does have calibration ability. But I do like the convience of being able to use the onboard spectrophotometer from my RIP to read profile targets while I can then do other things. The printer with the spectrophotometer can create so-so profiles where you have no GCR control but in some case the profiles it creates might be good enough.

 

[AF]

Colorgate has a “backdoor” module that circumvents the restrictive contone ink limits of the HP and has the ability to produce much better profiles. I have not tested this and I am going with the marketing hype. If this works as advertised, you would want a dedicated spectro for good results, preferably a large aperture Barbierri.

 

[dypinc]

Colorgate has a “backdoor” module that circumvents the restrictive contone ink limits of the HP and has the ability to produce much better profiles. I have not tested this and I am going with the marketing hype. If this works as advertised, you would want a dedicated spectro for good results, preferably a large aperture Barbierri.

So what is the official name of that module as I use Colorgate, and when was it released? Link please. It has linearization and profiling but I have not seen anywhere that it can circumvents the restrictive contone ink limits built into the media preset.

Colorgate can use the onboard spectro, and I haven't noticed any difference if I used it or the i1Pro 2.