Serendipity Blackmagic 3.5.04 has been released. Highlights of this version include:

• Support for Canon ipf500/600/700 printers
• Calcheck patches can now be created in CMYK as well as Lab
• Linearisations can be reverted to a previous item from the history list
• Touch console is now resolution independent
• Adobe Illustrator CS3 separated postscript is now supported
• Faster Scitex Brisque polling
• Improved Vista 64 support

The release notes contain more information on what has been changed. For more information visit the Serendipity Blackmagic product page

Recently, I have been inundated with questions about achieving the best performance / colour accuracy with EIZO ColorEdge monitors and our software. After many experiments, here is the procedure I have come up.

1. First use the ColorNavigator software from EIZO to calibrate the monitor hardware. I use the following settings for both Windows and Mac OS X: Gamut: Native, White Point: D50, Gamma: 1.8, Black: minimum and Brightness: 100 cd/m2

2. After the EIZO application has finished and saved the calibration, I use our Monitorcalibrator application to create an ICC profile that I use as the monitor profile in our software only.

Using this procedure I have been able to get both the 24 and 30 inch monitors to pass all printing standards I have tried including ISO 12647-2, Fogra 39 and Web2proof.

Please post your questions as comments for the benefit of others.

Here is a screen shot showing my settings in ColorNavigator.