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Making printer ICC profiles

Creating pro level paper profiles for my reviews. X-Rite i1iSis review

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Printer reviews: Making ICC printer profiles with the i1 iSis

How I make the ICC printer profiles for all my printer and paper reviews.

How and why I make profiles using i1Profiler software and i1 iSis scanning spectrophotometer. How many patches are needed and other aspects of profile creation and measurement.  I first reviewed the i1 iSis back in 2007, using GMB’s ProfileMaker software. The iSis supports optical brightener compensation [OBC], which is covered in a review:

There is a section later in the video about using my specialist B&W test image for checking print linearity.

The B&W test image [a free download] works with many different measuring systems – see the main article describing its use [includes links to relevant videos]

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The iSis XL for making icc printer profiles

isis scanner used for making icc printer profiles

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