It has recently been brought to our attention that some Windows users of Blackmagic have been experiencing an occasional BM server shutdown when the server is under heavy load.
An error message in the log will indicate that the Server loses contact with the dongle, and so shuts down.
This error is easily fixed by downloading and installing the latest dongle Sentinel Superpro driver from Safenet.
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.
