I have my monitor calibrated with a Gretag-Macbeth Eye One Display
and use the paper profiles provided HP and QuadToneRIP for color and
B&W printing, respectively. The result, when using a fully color-
managed workflow in Photoshop, is extremely consistent color/
grayscale rendering from screen to print.
I used Adobe Gamma for years and wasted a lot of paper. Now I waste
virtually none, although if I were truly picky about it, I'd buy the
add-ons for doing custom paper profiling as well. There is no
comparison to the consistency achievable this way vs doing
calibration by eye without a hardware colorimeter.
BTW: The 's' in sRGB stands for 'small' not 'standard'. It's a small
RGB gamut designed to minimize clipping in the relationship between
monitor and printer output gamuts.
Godfrey
On Sep 11, 2005, at 12:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi gang.
I know quite a few are up on colour profiles on this list so i
thought i would ask here
first.
I'm still haveing problems getting my print to look like the
monitor. I have only used
Adobe Gamma
to adjust my monitor and have not used the Spyder type of devices.
First off, should i be using that type of device if i'm going to do
this at least semi
seriously.
Second, when i shoot my D1 it does not have a real rgb or srgb
colour space persay. I
forget what
it is but PS seems to call it srgb.
My D2H is usually shot in Nikon RGB. When i print with my Canons
(S800 or BJC8200) i have
many
options for colour space. I usually choose working space,but
sometimes try the working
srgb etc.
Do i need to convert the file from say the Nikon RGB to srgb in PS,
then select that
otiopn in the
drop down menu,or am i wasting my time until i trruly profile my
monitor.
In PS 6 if i load up a D2H file it asks what colour space to use.
In PSEL3 it does not.
Or are there profiles for these Canons out there that should be
loaded and used.
Any help is appreciated. Right now i need to up the curves past
what looks good on my
monitor then
it prints out the way it should look in real life.
Dave(getting back to home printing more)Brooks
