Calibration for prints

[riz]

Hi,

 

Just want to know how much screen display calibration is required specifically for prints.

 

Thanks,

 

Riz

[peterbcarter]

<p>Critical.</p>

[paddler4]

<p>If you don't calibrate your screen, you most likely won't know what the print will look like. (I did encounter one exception--one monitor and card combination that had an optional sRGB setting that came pretty close to the calibrated settings.) In some cases, monitors are WAY off--e.g., in some cases, way too blue.</p>

[riz]

<p>Means, do I need to know about the printer upfront?</p>

[monika_epsefass]

<p>No, you don't. If you have your screen properly (!) calibrated, and simulate the correct profile in a proof preview, you should know quite well what your image will look like. The profile you use in that proof and assign during printing (i.e., the one for the paper) is the one telling the printer how much colour to use in relation to the paper colour itself.</p>

[digitaldog]

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<p>Hi, Just want to know how much screen display calibration is required specifically for prints.</p>

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<p>Its one half of the coin necessary for WYSIWYG. You also need some descriptor of the print process to use with the calibrated (correctly*) and profiled display setup as a soft proof. <br /> Start here:<br /> http://www.takegreatpictures.com/software-tips-and-techniques/9785<br /> * http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/why_are_my_prints_too_dark.shtml</p>

[StuartMoxham]

<p>Andrew's luminous landscape article is definately well worth reading. He also has an excelent test file for download and well worth to print it out on you favourite paper and compare it to what you see on the monitor.</p>

[peterbcarter]

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<p>No, you don't. If you have your screen properly (!) calibrated, and simulate the correct profile in a proof........</p>

 

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<p>That would be calibrated, therefore the answer you gave should be yes and not no.</p>