x-rite recently purchased both Gretag MacBeth and Pantone with colormunki being the first output of this coming together of these outfits. It is a real spectrophotometer for at least a 3rd the price of anything available in the past. Hoary for new technology. This device works as it claims and does it well. It even has a calibration patch built right in so no patches to look for.
I used a Spyder for 4 years and upgraded as the price was right, and it profiles printers and projectors. (I do not own a projector) It is 10 times faster than the Spyder and seems to be more accurate. I use it on both my PC and laptop. Scanning for print profiles is a quick and easy 2 step process that produces good results. You can even optimise the printer profiles. Place an image in the software, such a as an image with skin tones, print the resulting color patches, and optimise skin tones. An image with greens will optimise green, blue will optimise blues, etc. You can have profiles for different scenes.
Don’t forget, when profiling a printer, you are profiling a printer, paper, and ink combination. If you change one of these you need another profile. You need a profile for each paper you use as each paper is different in ink absorption and colour.
