Datacolor User to User Support Group.

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/7/06 4:14:59 AM, mick094m@... writes:
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> > I thought the whole idea of this product was to match the actual
> > print to what you have on the monitor,I fail to see what a 
proofing
> > light has to do with the end result,
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> Lets see, if I make my viewing area darker, my actual print looks 
darker. For 
> serious proofing the best answer is to fix your proofing lighting 
at the 
> right level. 
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
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from the beginning, I purchased this product as I found that to get 
prints the same as, or as close as to what you see on your monitor 
you 
needed to have your monitor calibrated correctly,with me so far ... I 
then purchased this product in orde to do so
and calibrated the monitor in subdued room lighting ,the resulting 
screen was showing a bit on the lighter side to before the 
calibration,so I then printed off a sample of a print that I had 
previously printed with photoshop using the Gamma calibration 
settings in photoshop, that I had been using prior to the purchase of 
this product.Expecting to get better prints from my printer,but on 
comparison  of the two prints in "good daylight" ....."not with any 
proofing light", the one with this product is darker,in other words 
less detail in the Shadows and overall darker, this could be 
corrected 
with photoshop but I thought that this was not the purpose of this 
product, that it was to get a decent print in 3 easy steps  I think 
was 
the wording of the advert,but it did not mention how many attempts of 
the  3 steps you may need to get what you want.........if you ever 
do,...I don' t use a 
proofing light to see what my final prints look like I 
use "daylight " as that would be what the prints would be seen in I 
suppose,unless you mean to use the proofing light to calibrate the 
monitor