[Leica] Imageprint vs Epson's Colorburst

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Doug,

I have Colorburst. The primary difference between them is that with the full 
version of Colorburst you can create your own RIP profiles with Coloburst 
and you cannot with Imageprint.

The Colorburst that comes with Epson printers is limited and does not allow 
you to create your own profiles. You would need to pay an upgrade fee to do 
that. So it's only the limited version of Colorburst that is less expensive 
than Imageprint, and you will get a lot more out of the box profiles with 
your imageprint than with the Epson Colorburst version.

Imageprint comes with LOTS of profiles for various papers, inks and lighting 
situations. Coloburst's canned profiles are more limited.

With Colorburst, if you want to create your own profiles, you need a 
spectrophotometer (read another expense), and not just one that can 
calibrate monitors.

Honestly, if I had to do it again, I'd probably pick Imageprint over the 
full or Epson bundled version. It is not easy (for me) to make a profile 
with Colorburst and their documentation is horrid. I had to call them and 
use their support board; they finally posted, on their support board, the 
right way to make a profile. The manual was totally wrong.

I have no complaints about the output from my Colorburst profiles. I enjoyed 
the learning curve, but it is not for the faint of heart.
Best,
Bob
 Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com




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From: Douglas Nygren <dnygr@cshore.com>
To: lug@leica-users.org
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 5:58:36 AM
Subject: [Leica] Imageprint vs Epson's Colorburst

Imageprint has gotten good reviews on the lug and from friends who use 
it.

Epson has its own RIP, Colorburst.

Does anyone have any knowledge of both? We know the virtues of 
Imageprint. It's Colorburst that is an unknown.

I am wondering what are its pros and cons?

How does it compare with Imageprint?

Image print costs nearly $900 for a big printer. Colorburst is 
considerably cheaper.


Doug


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