Re: Monaco EZ Color

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In a message dated 7/11/99 11:40:38 PM, mikey.d@ihug.co.nz writes:

<< Has anyone had any experience with Monaco Ez Color, good or bad, that they
would like to share with me. >>

My experience:

The Monaco software is easy to use and inexpensive. It also lets you profile 
more than one device or ink/paper combination. If you use non-OEM inks, it 
can definitely get you closer to a match with what you see on your monitor 
and save a lot of time mucking around in Photoshop. Unfortunately, at least 
at present, profiles made with EZColor do not lay enough ink down to work 
perfectly on watercolor paper. And there are problems with color casts in the 
whites, in my experience. Supposedly Monaco is working to fix these issues. 
If they do, this will be a killer program. In the meantime, you can usually 
work around the problems by using adjustments in Photoshop.

The inkjetmall (Cone) profiles give richer color, and are definitely worth it 
if you have standardized on one or two ink/paper combos, and if you print 
using non-standard ink and paper. The inkjetmall profile-editing software is 
much more expensive than EZColor, but is meant to allow you to not only make, 
but also edit your profiles so that they do exactly what you want them to do. 
If you can afford it, that gives it a definite advantage.                    
--David Stock
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