Thanks, Igor. I think you summarize the situation very well. My leaning
right now is to go with a wide gamut monitor first and then maximize the
resolution within the limits of what I have decided to spend. I might
need to up the size I am considering to 27 inch diagonal - more options
at the large size - but there seem to be some workable solutions. I'm
not too worried about some applications not recognizing the wide-gamut
color space. I also confirmed the the i1Display calibration tool will
work with a wide gamut monitor, so no issue there...
I can order form B&H for a few days anyhow, so that gives me some time
to research.
On 4/25/2016 5:55 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Mark:
I'd say that for being able to evaluate your colors better for
printing on your Epson 3880, you'd want a wide gamut monitor (with
Adobe RGB), even though that might occasionally create some artifacts
with some products, as I mentioned. Basically, it comes to the fact
that using a wide-gamut monitor you could see some colors that you can
print but couldn't see on a "standard"-gamut (SRGB) monitor. This is
because for many typical papers the gamut is shifted from SRGB gamut
(it can be somewhat larger than SRGB, or smaller, but it is
"shifted", i.e. they don't overlap), while Adobe RGB seems to cover
most of the paper gamuts (and then some more).
I might be wrong in some small detail in this description, but that's
my "big picture".
The "con-" of Adobe RGB is that some programs don't respect it. But
you can work around those problems if you are really forced, - and in
the worst case scenario can switch to the "SRGB" in the monitor, and
calibrate and use it in that mode.
Igor
Mark C Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:45:12 -0700 wrote:
...
I am sure there is a difference between professional grade and
consumer monitors... but I'm not sure what I really need. I'm not
trying to do professional work these days and really just want
something that will give me the cleanest path to good prints off my
Epson 3880.
Mark
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