Dear Inno', > Thanks for your 'timely' response
I'm not sure what you mean by this. > notwithstanding that the bulk of it is subjective. No - I have told you some facts. > However, you have cleverly left out Epson 2100 from your > equation. I wasn't asked - I thought I was giving a helpful response to your email. Did your very first email mention a 2100? Can't remember. 'Cleverly'? I haven't done anything 'cleverly' - I could talk all day about these issues! > For the purpose of printing your images to a desk top printing > device such as the Epson 2100 and perhaps any other printing device you > certainly do not need an Apple cinema display to get your print right and it > is in this context that a PowerBook video display will suffice. Again, incorrect. Please re-read my email. A PowerBook display will not 'suffice' as it doesn't display as many printable colours as the Cinema displays (to use my example). In some areas of the spectrum, the capabilities of your 2100 will far exceed the gamut of your PB monitor. A cinema display, for example, will enable you to see more (but not all) of those colours (particularly cyans, magentas and yellows). Take a visit here, and buy a copy of ColorThink - it may help you understand: http://www.chromix.com > With the > current technology of printing devices as I know it to be, the PowerBook > displays more than adequate range of colours to surpass the capability of > any known printing device. Wrong - please see above. > The "cinema display' does not in any way effect > the result of your print but agreeably easier to work with or for your own > pleasure, and that is all about it. Wronger - please see above and re-read my previous email. > However, Epson (and I am not their > employee or agent) have provided a set of ICC profiles to match their papers > and ink for use with the Epson 2100 device The GrayBalancer is very > commendable for B+W prints. Inno', you are regrettably missing the point on so many levels. Most manufacturers produce generic profiles but each and every 2100 is different from another. I, and many others, have custom profiles built for the machines *sitting in my studio* - *my* 9600, 7600 and 1160s, all of which are neither the same as each other nor are they the same as other printers bearing the same model number. Each of them perform differently. Your whole tack on this topic is incorrect. No subjection here, just fact. It is now time for you to do some proper research before taking a discussion like this any further - and I sincerely hope you can find the time to do so as time is what it takes. > So, if you are like me who prefers wearing a > suit rather than mismatching a jacket and trouser, then you do not need to > look any further but to calibrate your PowerBook monitor and indeed any > other colour monitor as Epson recommended with a little "Help" from > Photoshop CS. To take your metaphor a stage further, although I am aware you haven't clarified *your* source of such an item, I like to wear the very finest tailor-made suits from Savile Row. Yours sincerely, Jack =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
