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    Colormunki version 1.2.2 update: horrible mess up of fonts

    I just checked the new CM version on Windows 10-64x with an Eizo CG-248-4K monitor and it is fine here. nVidia 980 graphics card, fwiw.
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    carriage rod lubrication

    There was some sort of clear grease on my 3880 rod. Not having whatever it was, I just wipe it with a piece of felt and some Pfaff brand sewing machine oil. The oil may be silicon based as it is super thin, but it is safe for the plastic parts like the thread's bobbin shuttle and nylon...
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    WIN 10 Update

    Some of the screw-ups I had in the Anniversary Edition might have been addressed Sept. 29th (Not a Tuesday update?) according to the MS Updates page. Lot of changes made there. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12387/windows-10-update-history?ocid=update_setting_client Wonder if the...
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    WIN 10 Update

    I had a disaster with the Anniversary edition. Some apps refused to start (little blue spinning wheel forever), or very long startup times. Then I noticed all the printers were removed so I had to start each one of the six tied into the USB port to get them back. Then their Cortana becomes...
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    Init problems with 3880

    Hard to say what damage is done or if something isn't right. There is also the possibility of a carriage and head strike off the capping station if it was in a position where the head got banged against it - or just a nasty paper head strike too. That part you may see once you tear into it and...
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    Init problems with 3880

    On the right outside case of the printer, there is a little silver cover about where the capping station is. If you remover that (difficult) cover, there is a white gear under it you can turn by hand that lowers and raises the capping station as well as moves the wiper to and fro. The head...
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    Watch out: dangerous firmware upgrade HP printers rendering 3rd party cartridges useless

    In Windows 10, you can go into "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" and keep programs from going out and also incoming both. Ain't easy to get there, but there is a bunch of stuff in there once you find it. There is one popular printing program that has an optional annual renewal that...
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    New Quick Color Match System?

    I saw this on the news. http://www.eizoglobal.com/press/releases/htmls/qcm.html Anyone have an Eizo monitor that can try this on? Supposedly it works on Epson and Canon printers. I see they put the software on the Eizo website downloads area already that works with some of the Eizo monitors...
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    Cone's new HD Photo Black.

    For wblackwell: I referenced the first two blacks on the basICColor Catch 5.0 four pages of test images where they read about L*=20.0. They appear a couple of times on each page of four pages from the BC test scans page so I selected them rather than hunt for a blacker black or print a density...
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    Cone's new HD Photo Black.

    While profiling this new HD-PK Photo Black ink for some PremierArt Gloss White Canvas, I found "zero changes" in L* dMax between it and the old photo black ink on the same canvas. Weird when compared to the difference in glossy papers above. So some of this new ink's blackness must be based on...
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    Cone's new HD Photo Black.

    I just tried it in a 3880 and I'm impressed. My L* went from 9.0 down to 3.5 off the basICColor test image with the two black starting patches on the beginning of each page. My old ones measured 9.0, and this new ink measured out to a much lower 3.5. Same held true for another glossy paper as...
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    Cone's new HD Photo Black.

    Anyone use this new photo black ink yet? If so, did you get a better dMax black with it? http://shop.inkjetmall.com/ConeColor-Pro-ink-700ml-HD-Photo-Black.html W. Fisher
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    Recommend a new portrait paper.

    Hey Roger! I really do like that Innova Warm Cotton Gloss IFA45 for portraits that you recommended. It has added lot of snap to the portraits over a canvas I was using when looking at them side-by-side. Being warmer, it helps a lot with the skin color overall and the blacks are very deep and...
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    MacBook and bad profile making due to lighted logo.

    I agree with Roy. Some of the high-end notebooks (Sagar?) are getting to the 99% Adobe RGB if they're not already more. I watched some Creative Live class where the compositor (i.e. A retoucher who is more like an illustrator.) was using some $6,500 Windows calibrated laptop or notebook for...
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    MacBook and bad profile making due to lighted logo.

    Found this in the FAQ section of BasICColor's website and thought it interesting. » I get unsatisfying results when calibrating a MacBook. What can I do? Placement of the measuring device directly opposite the 'Apple' symbol on the backside of the screen negatively affects the calibration...
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    Magenta lines on printouts = aaaarrrggghhhhh

    That head alignment looks odd. I'll guess it was the automatic one and not manually set, but it looks like #4 is off where it picked 4 and maybe manually selecting 2 or 3 would be a better fit? I'd also try re-installing the printer drivers or see if there are newer ones. If those two don't...
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    Colormunki Photo repair

    Mine acted up when rotating the dial to calibrate. Finally it wouldn't work right with the software as well as the calibrate part. I called X-rite and they told me "To send it in and they would replace it." It was more than two years old and they sent me a whole new boxed one for free, even...
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    What color space does the 3880 really cover?

    Thanks Roy for the video link. I watched it and to my surprise the Epson Glossy proifle I made pretty much follows the one you captured from the video with regards to the hue and saturation. Problem is that it is in 2D (Yxy) and loses the L* values for the lightness and darkness of the color...
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    What color space does the 3880 really cover?

    ISF, thanks for the image. Sort of matches my findings where the greens punch through the sides of the sRGB standard or frame while falling within in it in other colors. While talking to one of the Eizo rep's at a conference, he mentioned their new CG series is more than 100% of the Adobe 1998...
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    What color space does the 3880 really cover?

    Just curious as to what color space the 3880 can really fill. My rough understanding is it cannot fill an Adobe 1998 space/gamut/whatever no matter what or how good your profile or combo is. sRGB seems the limit for mine. I found something on Breathing Color's blog where the author found much...
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