On Sep 11, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
The only thing resembling calibration that i've performed with my monitor is to run the Apple System Preferences display calibration. I convert all my digital images to Generic RGB and print on an Epson 2200 using Epson paper profiles and Apple Colorsynch. My prints are an exact match of my monitor display, aside from the inherent difference of backlit and reflected light viewing.
I worked for a while with the team that designed the System Preferences software calibration utility. They spent quite a bit of time with that, using hardware colorimeters as reference check, to make it possible to get very good calibration by eye. It's not surprising that you're getting good results with it. (And my understanding is that ex-Apple Bill Atchinson
But I'll warrant that not a one of the engineers that designed and implemented the software calibration utility would ever suggest that it is a replacement for a quality hardware colorimeter. The latter is always going to be more accurate and consistent (at least to those of us born without Bill Robb's color sense :-).
Godfrey
