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VPC7 and color management
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I own and operate a custom digital printing lab. We are in the process of purchasing a ZBE Chromira 30 digital printer. It is an awesome printer with one downfall...no Mac interface and no future for one. Spend 125K+ for a printer and we have all G5 workstations. I would like to not perform all image editing on the G5's and have to move the file over to a XP box for print preparation, so here is my question:
If we are working in a color managed OS X environment with Gretag Macbeth tools for calibration and profiling, will color output be the same running software under VPC 7 and XP or 2k?
Basically can I still apply a monitor profile under VPC?
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Join Date: Mar 2000
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I just fired up my copy of VPC: you can definitely apply a monitor profile under VPC. However, I have no idea if the emulation of the video card and graphics system will play havoc with your calibrated profiles.
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Join Date: May 2001
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Originally posted by jlazo:
I own and operate a custom digital printing lab. We are in the process of purchasing a ZBE Chromira 30 digital printer. It is an awesome printer with one downfall...no Mac interface and no future for one. Spend 125K+ for a printer and we have all G5 workstations. I would like to not perform all image editing on the G5's and have to move the file over to a XP box for print preparation, so here is my question:
If we are working in a color managed OS X environment with Gretag Macbeth tools for calibration and profiling, will color output be the same running software under VPC 7 and XP or 2k?
Basically can I still apply a monitor profile under VPC?
"Q: Since Chromira is PC based, how can I print images from my MAC?
A: Chromira can print RGB TIFF files in both MAC and PC formats. MAC images can be brought to Chromira via 1) Network, 2) Disk, or 3) CD. When using a network, it is necessary for the MACs to communicate on a PC network. This is most commonly done via a Windows XP Server in the lab. The Windows XP Server will communicate with both PCs and MACs. Alternately, there are several software packages available which allow a MAC to communicate on a PC network. If the images are brought to Chromira on disk (usually a ZIP disk), it is necessary to use one that is PC-formatted. The MAC can use both PC and MAC formatted disks, but Chromira can only read PC formatted disks."
http://www.zbe.com/products/chromira/chromiraFAQ.html
I have no real knowledge of this printer, but this is what Google found.
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The functionality of the mac on is strictly for image delivery to the embedded XP Server built into the machine. I can drop images into the server and it will print, however all CMY, and density control, page layout, packages, etc is all accessed via a software app, this is what I want to run on VPC.
Thanks for the comments!
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