kryn_sporry1 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Well, the whole colour management is starting to baffle me a bit. I used to print on a an EPson 950 stylus photo, and with Photoshop CS I always got spot on prints. What I see is what I get. I had my CRT calibrated just with adobe gamma, no probs. Now I have an iMac G5 and an R1800. Before I had the R1800 I printed through the mac successfully on my 950. SPot on images always. The preview function, which I heard was not supposed to show me what the print would look like, actually told me what it would look like! With the R1800 not so. Images are just falling short of being acceptable. People already suggested that I should get a calibration device, so I am considering buying a Monaco Optix RX, which is supposed to be tested very well. Considering my past experiences being rather good without calibration tools, I wonder if I really need a monitor calibration. WIll I really notice that much difference? My prints right now are off not too much, but enough to be annoying. Considering the change of printer I wonder if instead I need to have some decent print profiles. ALthough I want to use Epson Crispia and Fuji super photo grade (resp 300 and 320 gsm), I also use PGPP (for which Epson does provide a profile). I already use the profiles provided by the US epson website. Advice please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryn_sporry1 Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 extra question: WHat is teh difference between the Optix XR and the pro version? Will I really see much difference (note, I'm a serious amateur, not a pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_rodney1 Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 The difference is in the software (more options) but the hardware is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ira_wunder Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I think anyone who is serious about digital printing should have colormanagement hardware. We find all the major monitor calibration tools to preform well for that purpose. The range is 149.95 to 250.00 dollars. We use the Eye One and find the software very good. We have colleges that use Colorvision and the XiRite/Monaco with great results. One note, if you are going to use Colorvision you must first delete Adobe Gamma from the machine and associated profiles and recently X-Rite merged with Gretag McBeth so you will soon see a combined product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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