Hi Hal, Thanks for the reference on color meters. I didn't know they could be purchased that cheaply. I also didn't know about profiling services. I'll look into both of those.
I completely understand your reasoning about custom profiles. Using the supplied ICC profile for the printer was pretty much the only option I could find. - Alan Tutt On Wednesday 04 November 2009 01:09:09 pm Hal V. Engel wrote: > For calibrating and profiling the monitor you should be using a color > meter or spectrophotometer like a Huey, Eye-One Display 2, Eye-One Pro > or ColorMunki. Devices like the Huey are fairly inexpensive ($50 to $60 > plus shipping) so getting a good monitor calibration and profile is with > in reach of most individuals. > > > > I'm not sure how to produce a custom profile for the printer. > > > > You need a special measurement device for that and tools from Argyll > > CMS. > > > > With beta version of Argyll (1.1.0beta) you can use X-Rite's > > ColorMunki measurement device that allows profiling both display and > > printer. > > Spectrophotometers are more expensive and even an entry level device > like a ColorMunki will run about $320 to $350 discounted and you may be > better off using a profiling service. There are profiling services that > will create custom printer profiles for as little as $25. But remember > that you need separate profiles for each work flow (IE. typically for > each paper used). > > You may be asking "Why can't I use the profile from the printer vendor?" > There are three reasons. > > 1. The vendor supplied profile is probably intended for Windows and the > drivers are not the same as you are using on a Linux system. Since the > driver has a major impact on the reproduction characteristics of the > printer a profile created for use on Windows simply will not work on a > non-Windows machine. > > 2. The profile needs to be specific to not only the driver being used > but also all other aspects that affect reproduction such as the type and > brand of paper, toner brand/type, drivers settings (resolution, > dithering, media type...) and perhaps even other aspects of your work > flow. That is the profile is specific to YOUR work flow. > > 3. There is significant sample to sample variation in any mechanical > device including printers. For printers this means that two printers of > the same model will have somewhat different characteristics even if > operated under exactly the same conditions. That is the profile is > specific to YOUR printer. > > Hal > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
