Datacolor User to User Support Group.

In a message dated 7/13/2008 3:23:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
laurie@... writes:

I  would be interested in hearing if what I am about to suggest is wrong or 
if  there is a way to achieve a printed output that has the same punch and  
vibrance as the monitor display.  However, in the meantime, I will  suggest that 
monitor displays are transmissive presentations while printed  outputs are 
reflective.  This may account for the dulling down of the  appearance between the 
monitor display and the printed output.  I would  also suggest that, while 
the soft proof display - which is also a transmissive  output - may be punchier 
than the actual printed output, it is probably  slightly duller and less 
punchy than the working space preview or standard  desktop versions of the image 
display to replicate what the printed output  might be – i.e., to take into 
account dulling down of reflective  outputs. 
Laurie:
It's not just "dulling down"; you will often have colors or  tones that are 
un-printable.... out of gamut. Oftentimes, snappy, brilliant  colors fall into 
this category, so what you get is duller, more muted  colors.        The color 
space you're working  in has a lot to do with the final result on paper. 
Assuming your profiles are  accurate, you have to do tests to determine the limits 
of your  printer/paper/inkset combinations to reproduce your images to an 
acceptable  degree.
 
HTH,
Richard Massie



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