Thanks! I'll go for the calibration and some trials in CMYK colors for
printing.
kind regards
Erik
2011/6/19 Henning Hraban Ramm hra...@fiee.net
Yes, because your monitor uses RGB and your printer uses CMYK. The
conversion between thetwo is not too complicated, but actually getting the
same
On 19-6-2011 1:53, Erik Margraf wrote:
Dear List,
I defined the following color for one of my
documents: \definecolor[P][r=0.64,g=0.22,b=0.27]
When I printed this document on a probably typical office laser printer (a
Canon iRC), the
colors didn't match. (not even close and I didn't like
-- Are spot colors the thing to use to get a grip on these matters?
No, because spot colors are used to extend the printable range by colors
not available in cmyk. You might be able to show such a color on your
monitor, but not print it.
-- Is this generally only a matter of color
Yes, because your monitor uses RGB and your printer uses CMYK. The
conversion between thetwo is not too complicated, but actually
getting the same output from the two is hard. RGB is an additive
model, CMYK is subtractive (read about the different models,
wikipedia will do). The color
