On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:46:54 +0100 Calum Polwart <cpolwart at wittongilbert.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
> > > > You'll notice that PDF1.4 is far clearer than the X3 document...? > > > Yet this is the same desktop so should they not either all > > > render the same or left and centre be the same? > > > > > > Calum > > > > What you see on screen, what you see on your desktop printer and > > what your commercial printing shop will produce are all different. > > I wouldn't fool with X/3 unless you have a good reason to. > > > > I dismay! Surely the point of icc is to make all those appear the same? I > realise there are limitations of 'the same' but I can say that what Acrobat > shows is pretty damned close to what my desktop inkjet spits out. So those > two (Acrobat on MY monitor and MY inkjet printer) seem to talk that same > colour... ...So I'm still baffled! Surely the X3 should display the picture > right on screen and then add the extra blackness at the printing on paper > stage of thats whats needed for that printing process... > The plot thickens! Because actually the only way I can get the 'right' colours to show in Acrobat is to export for screen instead of print. But when I print them from acrobat to my inkjet it creates the same overly darkened images. Doesn't make much difference if I turn ICM on or off on the printer. So my best description of what is happening is: - Export to X3 (or any other export for printer) seems to be rendering the images as they will print. So acrobat shows them correctly - Exporting for screen / web renders them well in acrobat but they print just the same (near enough) So what's my solution? Clearly getting a proof would be good but if the proof is rubbish then what? I'd prefer to get something close to what I want out my inkjet then get the proof to check it. Do I just reduce the contrast / brightness to get what I need? C
