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September 9 2011

ParrotTalk News ndash September 9 2011

Filed under ParrotTalk News mdash admin 519 pm

Friday September 9 2011

Is it really SeptemberItrsquos been a busy summer here at Parrot and though wersquove allenjoyed a little time at the beach wersquore looking to roll up our sleevesand get back to work with some interesting and exciting newprojects

NEWS FLASH

Apple OSX Lion Status Report

A few short months ago around the Fourth of July Apple ushered in the Summer with anannouncement for the release of their new operating system (OS) OSX Lion For $69 you canupgrade to the latest greatest Big Cat in the Apple lineup featuring a claimed 250 new features Upgrading is pretty simple you need a system that meets these requirements

IN THIS ISSUE

Apple OSX Lion ReportParrot Launches The BIG ScanParrot Gets PressHP DesignJet T2300 eMFPEpson amp HP Printer Specials

SPECIALS

Big Deals on Epson and HPPrintersBoth Epson and HP are offeringsome pretty aggressive incentivesto replace that tired old workhorseyoursquore nursing along Jump tospecialsOverstock Specials onAngelica Bright White GlossCanvasWersquore overstocked on our AngelicaBright White Gloss and our goof isyour gain Nowrsquos your chance totake advantage and stock up at ourexpense

Roll Size Special Price

17Primex40prime $75

24Primex40prime $105



Closeout Special on AngelicaBright White Satin CanvasHave a price sensitive applicationfor canvas Angelica Bright WhiteSatin Canvas is the perfect fit forlimited display decor art This is acloseout product priced to sell Wehave pallets of this product thatmust go

Roll Size Special Price

17Primex40prime $50



Upgrading is pretty simple you need a system that meets these requirements

middot Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo Core i3 Core i5 Core i7 or Xeon processor

middot 2GB of memory

middot OS X v1066 or later (v1068 recommended)

middot 7GB of available space

Note you need to have an installed version of Snow Leopard (106) to install Lion (OSX 107)

Now Herersquos the millionshydollar question Fine you can move to Lion but should you

There are a few things you should know first With the release of this update Lion hasdiscontinued Rosetta support Rosetta is an emulation program that runs as a ldquoshellrdquo supportingprograms that arenrsquot designed to run on the newer Intel chip processors The older machines useda ldquoPower PCrdquo chip or ldquoPPCrdquo and many older programs didnrsquot or couldnrsquot update to run on the newIntel chips so to accommodate them Apple implemented Rosetta To put it as simply as possible ifyou have programs that run only on a PPC platform they probably wonrsquot run on the Lion OS

As always we suggest you keep your nice solid working system intact without making any changesthat might interfere with productionhellip however we know thatrsquos not always possible

Since we here at Parrot live and breathe digital color wersquore most concerned with our longshytimestandard Color Management applications first and foremost and therersquos a great site the ColorWikithat gives a rundown on where things stand with Intel and Lion support Here is that site wwwcolorwikicom

Most current companies like XshyRite are taking advantage of the situation and releasing a newsoftware package thatrsquos fully Intel and Lion compatible replacing older software That package isthe i1 Profiler and replaces the old favorite i1 Match The new software works on most current

configurations and provides all the functionality of i1 Match and thensome

There are some applications that in spite of being held as the industrystandards are being left in the dust Monaco ProfileMaker 5 Pro thecurrent nonshybeta version of Colorthink Pulse Adobe CS2 versions anda few others will not run

Past just the Color Management tools there have been several reportsof printer drivers and ColorSync problems within Lion along with other imageshyprocessing and RIPsoftware issues The only thing you can really do to find out if your particular software is supportedis to go to that site look for Software Updates or Lion Support and see what they say

If you are considering updating a current system always follow the basic housekeeping advice andback up before doing anything In this case it is best to back up the entire disk image so it can berestored if things go wrong You should be able to create a separate boot disk for Lion if you haveenough room on your drive and then reboot into whatever OS you prefer to work inshy a greatsolution if you want to test the water before diving in

If yoursquore considering a new system you donrsquot have a choice Any new Apple system is going to berunning Lion If you need to run PPCshysupported applications on your new system there are reallyonly a few options to try one is to create a Snow Leopard or Leopard boot disk on your Lion system(which will support Rosetta) and run your PPC applications through that

We say ldquotryrdquo because at the time of this writing wersquove been told itrsquos possible and likely butuntested This strategy will NOT work on a new Macbook Air or Mini Those two models will notrun in anything but a Lion OS

Another suggestion is to try an application like Parallels which will run a ldquoVirtual Machinerdquo allowingyou to run a different OS without having to reshyboot The worstshycase scenario would be to use thisoption and run Windows XP or 7 and run your required applications as Windows versions

Oh the irony

Resources

General info page for Lion wwwapplecommacosxwhatsshynew

ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo page with the list of features and improvements wwwapplecommacosxwhatsshynewfeatureshtml

The Store page where you can order the Lion USB thumb drive along with a nice overview of thewhole package storeapplecomusproductMD256mco=MjQ1NzE3NDM

The new Mac App Store an application that launches from your toolbar allowing you to downloadapplications directly from their site much like yoursquod buy music in iTunes herewwwapplecommacappshystore

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FEATURE

Parrot launches wwwtheBIGscancom

17Primex40prime $50

24Primex40prime $80



Interested Shoot us a note andwersquoll see that you get yours

PRODUCT SHOWCASE

NEW Angelica Bright White Velvet II is a 310g acidshyfree bright white watercolor with adelicate refined velvet texture Itsets the standard for color gamut ina FineshyArt paper and boasts abrilliant white point rich densityand outstanding archivalperformance

Angelica UniversalPhotomatte is a pureshywhitematte surface photographic paperwith the absolute highest gamut ofany paper of this type Available insingle or doubleshysided printing itrsquosone of the favorite choices ofgraphic design using fullshycolor fullshygamut images and truephotographic printing

Angelica Bright White MatteCanvas is a noshycompromise canvasthat surpasses any other canvasmedia available We havedeveloped our canvas media tomatch and exceed the performanceof the best traditional photographicmedia It is quite simply in aclass all itrsquos ownshy and will changethe way you think about printingon canvas

Angelica Bright White Smoothis our premium watercolor paperfor fine printmaking A pureshywhitebase with virtually no ldquotoothrdquo yet atrue watercolor paper feelhellip It is aheavyweight stock that can even bedeckled well Bright White Smoothis the choice for a premiumshypricedprintshy whether of a photographpainting or artwork reproduction

Parrot Ultra Lustre Photo is aphotographic quality ldquoNrdquo surfaceshy asmooth semishymatte with nodistracting pebble texture or highgloss reflections It exceeds thecolor gamuts of any paper availablewith an extremely highreproduction of fine detail Itis the choice for traditionalphotographic reproduction

To order contact us todayinfoparrotcolorcom

JOIN OURCOMMUNITY



Sometime this Spring we got the idea to provide a website that was lasershyfocused on a service thatonly we offershy large format scanning with the Cruse Synchon system When we found that thedomain name for wwwthebigscancom was available well we just couldnrsquot help ourselves In JunetheBIGscan was born

Giving you a oneshystop portal for all the important information on our largeshyformat scanningcapabilities pricing turnaround as well as some detailed information about what makes the Crusescanning system different wwwtheBIGscancom makes getting largeshyformat scans easy and fast You can contact us through the usual channels or email us at infothebigscancom Take a look andwander over to the sample gallery to see some of the more unusual work we do

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PARROT IN THE NEWS

Parrot Gets PressWersquove been enjoying the spotlight of the imaging industry press quite a bit latelyhellip bothcollaborating with some of the leaders in the industry via Digital Output Magazine and getting allthe attention in a great story on LargeshyFormat FineshyArt scanning appearing in the September andOctober issues of Art World News See the Digital Ouput story online here

From Digits to Dollars Wide Format Scanners Deliver Solutions

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TECH TALK

The HP DesignJet T2300 PostScript eMultifunctionPrinter Changes the Colloborative Workplace



Very few new products can claim to profoundly change the way you work and think about work butwe believe the HP T2300mfp is going to do just that Itrsquos really a simple concept Wersquore all used tothe convenience of ldquoMFPrdquo machines in our office workflow with the ability to print scan and emaildocuments from one workhorse laser printer Somebody at HP had the brainchild to apply thisbasic technology to wideshyformat printing and scanning Itrsquos not new technology itrsquos a way ofcombining existing technology to accomplish new things

You can now have one machine that will print up to 44rdquo wide from either a workstation or a USPdrive plugged into its consolehellip that same machine can scan and copy documents up to 36rdquo wide

Herersquos the interesting part The T2300 can both upload and download images and scans to the HPePrint and Share ldquocloudrdquo This is a free collaborative subscription service offered by HP for anypartners who need to have access to files For more information see the ePrint and Share site herehttpsh30510www3hpcompublicfeatures

This is huge How this gets used in a collaborative project environment is almost beyond our abilityto speculate It truly is limited only by your imagination and itrsquos going to change how you workwith your global team



with your global team

Letrsquos consider a simple example Yoursquore working on an building project with teams all over theworld Your client is in New York the architect is based in Boston The building site is in London

and you have several architects from the West Coast and Europe contributing to the effort Starting with the historical blueprints of the site youscan them and post them to the ePrint and Sharecloud where everyone can download and reviewthem as pdf format files If they have wideshyformatprinting capabilities they can output their owncopies They can be reshyrendered as CAD files ordrawings and reshyloaded to the ePrint and Sharecloud where they can be reviewed by the entireteam Herersquos where it gets interesting

People still like to mark up paper

The first generation drawings can be marked up inmeetings or by key people and simply scanned anduploaded then downloaded anywhere and reviewed much like a contract can be annotated andthen reshysent by a law firm Any partner in the process can print markup scan and upload anydocuments required for the collaboration if they have the HP T2300mfp If they donrsquot at the veryleast they can follow along by reviewing the pdf files from the ePrint and Share cloud

Have a project manager on the road about to give a key presentation of the latest changes Byloading the documents on a USB jump drive and plugging them in to the nearest T2300mfp theycan print them out at the push of a button with no workstation no drivers to load

To coin a phrasehellip this changes everything

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PROMOTIONS

Big Deals on Epson and HP PrinterBoth Epson and HP are offering some pretty aggressive incentives toreplace that tired old workhorse yoursquore nursing along

From Epson

Epson Professional Imaging is announcing instant rebate and mail inrebate promotions on select Epson Stylus Pro printers hellip

The Mail In Rebates require a coupon to be returned by the end user Coupons are provided andalso posted on the Epson Professional Imaging Website wwwproimagingepsoncom

Here are the printers and the details



On the HewlettshyPackard side theyrsquore offering generous ldquoCash InTradeUp packages for selected printers

The details

Call or email us at Parrot for more details on how these deals can work for you



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Parrot Digigraphic Ltd mdash wwwparrotcolorcom630 Boston Road Billerica MA 01821 Ph 8777277682 Fx 9786707744

800 Suntree Woods Drive Melbourne FL 32940 Ph 8775727768 Fx 3217754492


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December 2 2010

ParrotTalk News ndash Tuesday November 23 2010


NEWS FLASH

Parrot Holiday ScheduleWe wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday season Please note that Parrot will be closed for the following days

bull Thanksgiving Thursday November 25th and Friday November 26th

bull Christmas Eve Friday December 24th

bull New Years Eve Friday December 31st

NEW PARROT

Introducing Mary DawleyWersquore really excited to introduce Mary Dawley and welcome her to the team here at Parrot as a Representative of Imaging Services Mary has arich background overlapping with our ownshy she has been a marketing professional to the interior design community in Boston for more than 20years Interior designers came to rely on her sharp sense of pattern design and color and in the past few years those talents have evolved intoher also providing fine art solutions to these clients for their projects

We met Mary through her company Chestnut Design which has primarily focused on identifying and procuring art that ranges from uniquecommissioned pieces to tasteful prints based on the needs and budgets of her clients She came to us with a unique project that her client neededour help with ndash the opening of the new Heywood Hospital in Gardner MA Scanning a collection of historic photographs and painting by talentedartists from the region we reproduced several of the pieces at over 5rsquo x 8rsquo not something that can be done on a conventional wideshyformatprinter Combining the capabilities of our Cruse Scanner and our Epson 11880 64rdquo printer we were able to give her client exactly what theywanted Grand Format painting reproductions

We knew a great team when we saw it

Mary saw this as an opportunity to bring our unique services to her existing client base as well as joining our amazing group of artists museumsgalleries and interior designers to bring them as well as their clients the benefits and capabilities of our Imaging Services We see this as a chance to offer more personalattention service and Maryrsquos unique talents to all of our current and new Imaging Services clientshellip You can contact Mary directly at maryparrotcolorcom Drop her a noteand say hello

MUSEUM SPOTLIGHT

The Springfield MuseumsWe like to call attention the special places we see in our travels and new home of the Indian Motocycle Museum long a labor of love for a private Springfield couple and themost complete collection of Indian Motocycles in the entire world (yes ldquoMotocyclerdquo is the correct spelling of the original company) now in its new home in a brandshynew buildingat the Springfield Museums certainly fits that description

The original collection was housed in a private building on Hendee Drive in Springfield at the site of the original Hendee Manufacturing factory and the original Indian plantUntil 2007 it was presided over by Esta Manthos (shown here) who at 91 donated her entire collection of over 54 motorcycles and memorabilia to the Springfield Museums

The exhibit is simply breathtaking to anyone who is a fan of motorcycle history but also to those fascinated by the rich history ofmanufacturing invention and ingenuity that found its home in Springfield Therersquos another factor at play here too In these times whenmoney is tight and patrons are hard to come by the Springfield Museum was able to see the importance of this remarkable collectionand not only house it but erect an entire building to give the collection its rightful place

The Springfield Museums have a lot to offer ndash itrsquos actually a collection of six museums The Wood Museum of Springfield History theSpringfield Science Museum the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum the Connecticut Valley History Museum and the DrsquoAmourMuseum of Fine Arts all on one connected campus ndash including none other than the wonderful Dr Seuss National Memorial SculptureGarden At about a 90shyminute drive from Boston itrsquos one of the best dayshytrips around and if you include the Basketball Hall of Famealso in Springfield a great weekend museum jaunt

The Springfield Museums site is here httpwwwspringfieldmuseumsorg

Additional information on the Indian collection can be found here at wwwthunderpressnet

and photos of Esta and the actual move can be found on masslivecom

PARROT IN THE NEWS

Coming Soon David Saffir Media EvaluationDavid Saffir has been working on an evaluation of some of our favorite media His preliminary post is here on his photography blogdavidsaffirwordpresscom

hellipand after a conversation with him today his enthusiasm for our paper is truly inspiring His favorite at this point is our Angelica Natural White Textured He said it fills a gapleft by all the other fineshyart watercolor papers and that he simply loves working with it especially for his Black and White images



Fine Art paper is if nothing else an intensely personal choice We like to compare it to matching a fine wine with a wonderful meal therersquos no right choice therersquos the choicethatrsquos right for you for your image and for your audience Itrsquos wonderful to be able to see how an artist like David responds to some of our favorite selections Look for anupdate within the next few weeks with more information from David

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August 6 2010

ParrotTalk Newsshy Friday August 6 2010


(Sign up here to receive ParrotTalk News in your emailshy bishymonthly and we never share our list Ever)

Stop the Presses Huge Printer Rebates

We were all ready to suggest you have a nice relaxing setshydown by the pool when HP and Epson blew us right out of the water with a BattleshyofshytheshyRebates

Epson offers up to a $1000 mailshyin rebate on their wideshyformat printers and HewlettshyPackard answers with up to a $2000 MIR Whether your interested in HP or Epson ifyoursquove been waiting to pull the trigger on a wideshyformat printer now may be the time

Epson has also introduced a few new modelsshy the 3880 an update of one of the most popular 17Prime printers made and the WT7900shy a 24Prime printer with aqueousshybased white inkprinting

HP has released the Z5200shy a 44Prime PostScript printer similar to their nonshyPostScript Z2100 models

It looks like both Epson and HP are trying to drum up some midshysummer salesshy itrsquos your chance to take advantage and save some big bucks For details email us atinfoparrotcolorcom

NEW PARROT

Announcinghellip the ParrotTalk News

In any normal day at Parrot we see and hear a lot of interesting tidbits and meet a lot of incredibly talented and unique people We wanted to put something together to sharewith youhellip important news profiles of our clients announcements about events openings shows and other threads that can help instruct and inspire

So here it is the first of the ParrotTalk Newshellip our ldquoDog Days of Summerrdquo issue Wersquore putting together an issue once every two months and our past issues can be viewed atwwwparrotcolorcomParrotTalkNews Have a seat next to the pool take a long sip of a cool drink and have a nice readhellip and wersquoll be starting out with a profile of afascinating artistshy Jim Heck working for Classic Playfield Reproductionshellip

Relax and enjoy

ARTIST PROFILE

Jim Heck Classic Playfield Reproductions

Jim Heck Software Engineer by day is a devoted fan of Pinball by night Well night weekends and every other moment he has to spare You perhaps could say hersquos afanatic Since a child Jim has played studied and even collected pinball machines He currently owns over 18 machines more than a few of which hersquos restored and

repaired

Jimrsquos obsession with pinball machines extends even to the unique iconic art that adorns them Jim along with fellow artists at Classic Playfields Reproductions carefullyreproduces original vintage pinball artshy called a ldquoplayfieldrdquoshy to produce an illustration that stands on itrsquos own as a tribute to this slice of American popular culture

A few years ago Jim brought his playfield ldquoBallyrsquos Flash Gordonrdquo (in his opinion possibly the greatest singleshyball solidshystate machine ever designed) for us to scan on ourCruse scanner It was no easy taskhellip the playfield is mounted a full 10 inches from its base fixture not a normal configuration for the Cruse but well within itrsquos capabilities(We had to do some Math) It must also be lit evenly and scanned as completely geometrically trueshy not a problem at all for the Cruse Jim then takes this ultrashyhighresolution scan into Illustrator and recreates every detail sometimes needing to view the scan at as high as 6400 magnification The result is something unobtainable usingany other toolshy a truly unique illustration In the last month Jim brought in his ldquoMedusardquo playfieldshy a wonderful work and we canrsquot wait to see what he does with it It will be along wait thoughhellip this stuff doesnrsquot go fast Jim may spend hundreds and hundreds of hours on one playfield alone That would be the definition of a ldquolabor of loverdquo in ourbook

To see more of the process and to hear Jim talking a little about his work take a look at the video wersquove posted on the ParrotTalk Blog and you can see more of Jimrsquos workand other Classic Playfield Reproduction artists at wwwclassicplayfieldscom

PARROT IN THE NEWS

David Saffir and ParrotAngelica Fine Art Paper

Recently David Saffir wrote about Parrot and Angelica Media on his blog

ldquoThose of us who make our own prints are in many cases constantly looking for that ideal combination of quality price and appearance in our inkjet papers Wersquore lucky inthat our options increase daily and competition keeps prices in check ndash if not driving them down at times

ldquoMy good friends and colleagues John and Mark Lorusso and Ted Dillard of Parrot Digigraphic (Parrotcolorcom) offer an interesting line of privateshylabel inkjet papers Theyrsquoveprinted a number of my images for me on these papers ndash in color and Black and White ndash and the results have been impressive ndash so much so that I want to try them in myown shoprdquo



own shoprdquo

Read more here New Testing Inkjet Media From Parrot Digigraphic

Donrsquot miss Davidrsquos latest workshop a onceshyinshyashylifetime Photo Safari with Infinite Kayak Adventures in February 2011 while yoursquore at his site

COMING UPhellip

Get Ready for the Holidays

OK that wasnrsquot fair I know you just dropped your suntan lotion into your drink in shockhellip who wants to worry about the bustle of the Holiday season in the middle of August

Well the truth is if yoursquore in the business of selling Limited Edition prints or Fine Art Reproductions therersquos no substitute for planning ahead and leaving an adequate amountof time for production Building up an inventory of the highest quality workshy like Jim Heck reproducing his playfield art takes time to do right

Just do one thinghellip make a note to call us to discuss your plans when you get back from the beach Then we can help you plan and budget your production as well as yourpromotion accordingly Drop a line to infoparrotcolorcom or call us at 9786707766shy 321shy775shy4492 if yoursquore in sunny Florida

TECH TALK

Which Printer Should I Buy

Probably the second most common question we hear after ldquoWhich monitor is the bestrdquo is ldquoWhich printer should I buyrdquo The answer as usual is ldquoIt dependsrdquo

We just had an interesting dialog with some folks from the Art and Graphics department of a major College of Art We had the director of the Graphics Department hereaccompanied by the ldquoIT guyrdquohellip the fellow who would have to keep the machine and the network running They were confusedshy the advice theyrsquod been getting from otherGraphics departments in other schools was to go with Epson yet the IT folks were recommending HewlettshyPackard

We have considerable experience working with both systems and interestingly they both have very distinct advantages and disadvantages One of the notable advantages ofthe HP ldquoZ seriesrdquo printers however is the combination of onshyboard printer and paper calibration as well as a Postscript RIP built into the system This in particular is anadvantage for a printer in any Graphics Lab environment Calibrating the printer the standard papers or even exotic media and paper is oneshystopshyshopping Therersquos no needfor additional pricey calibration equipment itrsquos built into the system and controlled from the admin workstation Besides that itrsquos topshynotch qualityshy in the testing wersquove done itholds up to the standard of the industry the XRite Spectrolino very nicely thank you

The other big issue is job management and again the HP with an onboard Postscript RIP allows jobs to be fed to the printer simultaneously stored and queued as neededIf yoursquore in a lab and 7 students hit the ldquoPrintrdquo button at the same time the printer handles itshy eliminating the need for a print server or addition RIP software It allows you tomanage the job queue from an admin workstation as wellshy allowing one workstation to manage several printers Also the onboard Postscript RIP allows you to process vectorfilesshy files from Illustrator CorelDraw InDesign Quark or other illustration and page layout programs quickly and with the best quality result

Epson printers enjoy huge market shareshy theyrsquove been at the top of the field for a very long time nowhellipThey certainly have a decided advantage if yoursquore printing a lot ofsheetshyfeed pages media that needs a straight feed pathshy like the Enhanced Matte Posterboard or extremely thick watercolor or fine art paper But HP printers have come intotheir own With comparable print quality ldquoquadshyblackrdquo printing resulting in remarkable BW print quality efficient ink use builtshyin calibration and Postscript RIPs the HPprinters are poised to find their rightful place in the market as a remarkably powerful toolshy one especially suited for a multishyworkstation ldquolabrdquo environment

Need help deciding which printer is best for your application Email us at infoparrotcolorcom and one of our team members will contact you

SPECIALS

Summer Specials on select Parrot and Angelica papers

Take 10 off the regular price on any (or all) of these great media in our Product Showcase

PRODUCT SHOWCASE

Parrot Ultra Lustre Photo is a photographic quality ldquoNrdquo surfaceshy a smooth semishymatte with no distracting pebble texture or high gloss reflections It exceeds the color gamutsof any paper available with an extremely high reproduction of fine detail It is the choice for traditional photographic reproduction

Angelica Universal Photomatte is a pureshywhite matte surface photographic paper with the absolute highest gamut of any paper of this type Available in single or doubleshysidedprinting itrsquos one of the favorite choices of graphic design using fullshycolor fullshygamut images and true photographic printing

Angelica Bright White Matte Canvas is a noshycompromise canvas that surpasses any other canvas media available We have developed our canvas media to match and exceedthe performance of the best traditional photographic media It is quite simply in a class all itrsquos ownshy and will change the way you think about printing on canvas

Angelica Bright White Smooth is our premium watercolor paper for fine printmaking A pureshywhite base with virtually no ldquotoothrdquo yet a true watercolor paper feelhellip It is aheavyweight stock that can even be deckled well Bright White Smooth is the choice for a premiumshypriced printshy whether of a photograph painting or artwork reproduction

To order contact us today infoparrotcolorcom

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reproduction selfshycalibrating display studio light Ted Dillard Working Color Space



Upgrading is pretty simple you need a system that meets these requirements

middot Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo Core i3 Core i5 Core i7 or Xeon processor

middot 2GB of memory

middot OS X v1066 or later (v1068 recommended)

middot 7GB of available space

Note you need to have an installed version of Snow Leopard (106) to install Lion (OSX 107)

Now Herersquos the millionshydollar question Fine you can move to Lion but should you

There are a few things you should know first With the release of this update Lion hasdiscontinued Rosetta support Rosetta is an emulation program that runs as a ldquoshellrdquo supportingprograms that arenrsquot designed to run on the newer Intel chip processors The older machines useda ldquoPower PCrdquo chip or ldquoPPCrdquo and many older programs didnrsquot or couldnrsquot update to run on the newIntel chips so to accommodate them Apple implemented Rosetta To put it as simply as possible ifyou have programs that run only on a PPC platform they probably wonrsquot run on the Lion OS

As always we suggest you keep your nice solid working system intact without making any changesthat might interfere with productionhellip however we know thatrsquos not always possible

Since we here at Parrot live and breathe digital color wersquore most concerned with our longshytimestandard Color Management applications first and foremost and therersquos a great site the ColorWikithat gives a rundown on where things stand with Intel and Lion support Here is that site wwwcolorwikicom

Most current companies like XshyRite are taking advantage of the situation and releasing a newsoftware package thatrsquos fully Intel and Lion compatible replacing older software That package isthe i1 Profiler and replaces the old favorite i1 Match The new software works on most current

configurations and provides all the functionality of i1 Match and thensome

There are some applications that in spite of being held as the industrystandards are being left in the dust Monaco ProfileMaker 5 Pro thecurrent nonshybeta version of Colorthink Pulse Adobe CS2 versions anda few others will not run

Past just the Color Management tools there have been several reportsof printer drivers and ColorSync problems within Lion along with other imageshyprocessing and RIPsoftware issues The only thing you can really do to find out if your particular software is supportedis to go to that site look for Software Updates or Lion Support and see what they say

If you are considering updating a current system always follow the basic housekeeping advice andback up before doing anything In this case it is best to back up the entire disk image so it can berestored if things go wrong You should be able to create a separate boot disk for Lion if you haveenough room on your drive and then reboot into whatever OS you prefer to work inshy a greatsolution if you want to test the water before diving in

If yoursquore considering a new system you donrsquot have a choice Any new Apple system is going to berunning Lion If you need to run PPCshysupported applications on your new system there are reallyonly a few options to try one is to create a Snow Leopard or Leopard boot disk on your Lion system(which will support Rosetta) and run your PPC applications through that

We say ldquotryrdquo because at the time of this writing wersquove been told itrsquos possible and likely butuntested This strategy will NOT work on a new Macbook Air or Mini Those two models will notrun in anything but a Lion OS

Another suggestion is to try an application like Parallels which will run a ldquoVirtual Machinerdquo allowingyou to run a different OS without having to reshyboot The worstshycase scenario would be to use thisoption and run Windows XP or 7 and run your required applications as Windows versions

Oh the irony

Resources

General info page for Lion wwwapplecommacosxwhatsshynew

ldquoWhatrsquos Newrdquo page with the list of features and improvements wwwapplecommacosxwhatsshynewfeatureshtml

The Store page where you can order the Lion USB thumb drive along with a nice overview of thewhole package storeapplecomusproductMD256mco=MjQ1NzE3NDM

The new Mac App Store an application that launches from your toolbar allowing you to downloadapplications directly from their site much like yoursquod buy music in iTunes herewwwapplecommacappshystore

BACK TO TOP

FEATURE

Parrot launches wwwtheBIGscancom

17Primex40prime $50

24Primex40prime $80



Interested Shoot us a note andwersquoll see that you get yours

PRODUCT SHOWCASE

NEW Angelica Bright White Velvet II is a 310g acidshyfree bright white watercolor with adelicate refined velvet texture Itsets the standard for color gamut ina FineshyArt paper and boasts abrilliant white point rich densityand outstanding archivalperformance

Angelica UniversalPhotomatte is a pureshywhitematte surface photographic paperwith the absolute highest gamut ofany paper of this type Available insingle or doubleshysided printing itrsquosone of the favorite choices ofgraphic design using fullshycolor fullshygamut images and truephotographic printing

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