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Discussion Linearization/relinearization
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FrankW
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Linearisation is part of calibrating your printer, ensuring to have a linear dot gain, in addition to configure the correct print mode, ink limits, driver parameters like heating and so on. With this calibration done, you have a repeatable base to do profiling, to create an ICC-profile.
So, re-linearization is done to restore the conditions with which your ICC-Profile was created, to make the ICC-Profile valid again. Depending on environmental conditions and variing media characteristics, the ink dot size on the media could change, and the dot gain based on your last linerization is not precise anymore.
So re-linearization is a task to AVOID needing a new ICC-profile (in most cases) as long as not using a different media, or changes in media characteristics do not requires new profiling (bigger deviations in color for example).
Depending on that, it is not easy to make a serious suggestion how often a re-linearization is needed. There are tools available to do monitoring on color constance like ColorCheck with Onyx Thrive, Verifier with EFI Fiery XF or Digital Output Control with Barbieri Spectrophotometers. If you need maximum precision for a big job you print over several days, you perhaps will do it more often than just printing little single jobs.
On the other hand, there are printers on the market which could vary colors in minutes during printing. So the (on the other hand because of several benefits very high apprechiated) HP Latex-Printers.
So, re-linearization is done to restore the conditions with which your ICC-Profile was created, to make the ICC-Profile valid again. Depending on environmental conditions and variing media characteristics, the ink dot size on the media could change, and the dot gain based on your last linerization is not precise anymore.
So re-linearization is a task to AVOID needing a new ICC-profile (in most cases) as long as not using a different media, or changes in media characteristics do not requires new profiling (bigger deviations in color for example).
Depending on that, it is not easy to make a serious suggestion how often a re-linearization is needed. There are tools available to do monitoring on color constance like ColorCheck with Onyx Thrive, Verifier with EFI Fiery XF or Digital Output Control with Barbieri Spectrophotometers. If you need maximum precision for a big job you print over several days, you perhaps will do it more often than just printing little single jobs.
On the other hand, there are printers on the market which could vary colors in minutes during printing. So the (on the other hand because of several benefits very high apprechiated) HP Latex-Printers.