That is so, and that is what soft-proofing is for, but it depends on your eye. My eyes are colour-blind, so I do my best not to rely on them. Luckily I live in London, where there are labs who can match profiles accurately (as far as I can tell).
B > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist > > That's theoretically possible, but very few labs are capable > of accurate profile matching. And doing it yourself allows > for more fine tuning. Reflective art is never an exact match > of an electronic display image. > > Paul via phone > > > On Nov 8, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Well, the theory is that a colour-managed workflow on both > sides gives you that control. > > > > B > > > >> On 9 Nov 2013, at 00:30, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Regardless of the ink cost (I get my Epson ink at a > discount from Atlex.com) I prefer printing my own due to the > control I have. I'd never use any of the Walmarts/Costcos for > my printing source and there just aren't any really good > local shops that I'm aware of. > >> > >> Kenneth Waller > >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Printer Recommendation > >> > >> > >>> I got rid of my printers because I never used them and > space is at a premium in a small house like mine. If I need > to print text I do it at work. If I wanted to print photos > regularly I'd investigate the long-term costs of having to > buy ink versus printing at a lab. > >>> > >>> B > >>> > >>>> On 8 Nov 2013, at 01:19, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I've found that the ink for all printers is pretty cheap > as long as you don't print anything. I didn't see any > mention of actually printing, so you could be pretty safe > recommending just about anything. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Bruce > >>>> -- > >>>> Sent from Sony Tablet S > >>>> > >>>> Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> Had a request from the boy. > >>>>> > >>>>> Verbatim: > >>>>> --------------------- > >>>>> Your task for the evening (should you choose to accept > it (which > >>>>> you should(upon death if you dont))): > >>>>> need a printer that is semi-good, cheap and reliable and > >>>>> affordable ink. > >>>>> Preferably comes with scanner. You have 24 hours to comply. > >>>>> ---------------------- > >>>>> > >>>>> Hmm a printer that is 'semi-good' whatever that means. Cheap - > >>>>> well plenty of cheap printers about, we all know they make the > >>>>> money on the inks. Reliable?? Most printers do a fair job. > >>>>> Affordable ink? Well, not the manufacturers ink then. > >>>>> > >>>>> I use an Epson P50 with Hornsea inks > >>>>> > >>>>> <http://www.hornseaink.com/> > >>>>> > >>>>> and touch wood, not had a problem with these inks since started > >>>>> using them about a year ago. > >>>>> > >>>>> Strange, I paid £130 for the P50, now they are retailing for > >>>>> closer to £200 ! > >>>>> > >>>>> Anyway, anyone ? Recommendations based on above please :-) > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
