[filmscanners] Printing and color management

2004-07-18 Thread
Hi! I just tought about writing down some thoughts about printing and color. Printers and monitors have different "gamuts" that is color ranges they can reproduce. Also monitors emit light, while prints reflect light. This basic differrence means that it is hard to compare colors on screen and

[filmscanners] Screen calibration (was: RE: not enough memory?=

2004-07-18 Thread
Hi there is a tool called "Profile Mechanic - Monitor" which can calibrate a monitor for 179 USD. Personally I use a "Colorvision Monitor Spyder with OptiCal för PC & Mac" which is around 300 USD, here in Sweden. Regarding printer profiles there are probably prepared profiles for your printer