Digital BW, The Print

Hi;

There are two basic approaches to matching monitor to output; the 
old way , used by DTP people for years, is to print a test image, 
and then screw up your monitor to match. Then when you adjust the 
image to look right again, the printer image will match the screen. 
The method sort of works, but it got entrenched mostly because DTP 
programs like Quark and Pagemaker don't have real color management-
they are designed on the assumption that your final output will go 
to an offset press, not be printed finally on our 'toy'printers.

The better way is real color management, with an app like the 
Colorvision Spyder, or Monaco EZcolor which is what I use. EZcolor 
is the least painful (financialy) because it gives you monitor 
calibration, scanner calibration, and profile making ability to 
control your printer. It also has a profile editor that allows you 
to tweak a profile if it's not quite right at first. It also makes a 
big difference if you buy the monitor sensor rather than trying the 
software calibration. None of this is much good if you can't print 
out of a color-managemnt aware program like Photoshop or Picture 
Window Pro, however, because you won't have a way to apply the 
profile you generate. 

Best Luck, 

Steve K

  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tfinan1 
<tfinan@s...>" <tfinan@s...> wrote:
> Can anyone either recommend a solution for calibrating my onscreen 
> image with my printed output, or point me to online help or a 
manual 
> workflow to get through it? 
> 
>