Datacolor User to User Support Group.

I don't want to add to the confusion BUT
The softproof should not look like the image you are editing.

Because the softproof (printer) range of colors (gamut) is one of the smallest color spaces.
It is only possible to have a softproof because most of the colors the printer is capable of can be displayed on the screen.
If the printer has colors that are outside the screen range a soft proof is clearly impossible.
And here is a clue as to why softproofing deep blacks can cause so much difficulty.


If you "dumb down" the translation tables that put your images up on the screen, how will you know what they would look like on someone elses computer, or on the web?

Is this correct DT? 

Dave Sainsbury