Digital BW, The Print

> From: Richard
>
> But Paul, how would I create my printer profiles.
>
> I reproduce artwork for artists - they look at my screen, they
> say it looks
> ok, I print it and they go away happy. If I'm running uncalibrated I guess
> I'll just have to stay that way

It's possible to get good results without a calibrated system--but only if
you're lucky. Maybe you're lucky. However, if you say that your screen looks
different when you turn off the calibration, then I would be very surprised
if you got better screen/print matching under those conditions than if you
turned calibration back on. If you really do, then there's something else
wrong somewhere.

Calibration and proper color management really do work, if done correctly.
If you have the Eye-One Pro spectro, then you've got a really good piece of
hardware, and it would be a shame not to use it. I've used it on my
machines, and, within gamut limitations, I get almost perfect matching
between my 21" Nokia CRT and my Dell laptop LCD (which is like matching
apples to oranges), and near-perfect matching between them and my Epson 2200
printer (like matching apples and elephants).

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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