[filmscanners] Printing and color management

2004-07-19 Thread
Hi! I just tought about writing down some thoughts about printing and color. Printers and monitors have different gamuts that is color ranges they can reproduce. Also monitors emit light, while prints reflect light. This basic differrence means that it is hard to compare colors on screen and

[filmscanners] RE: Printing and color management

2004-07-19 Thread Laurie Solomon
Printers and monitors have different gamuts that is color ranges they can reproduce. Also monitors emit light, while prints reflect light. This basic differrence means that it is hard to compare colors on screen and paper. Correct. Printers and monitors also have different color spaces as

[filmscanners] RE: Screen calibration (was: RE: not enough memory?=

2004-07-19 Thread Laurie Solomon
Yes there are a number of tools out there for calibrating and profiling monitors; but most of them do not work very well on consumer flat screen monitors; they work best on CRTs. Similarly, making an accurrate custom printer profile is not as easy as it may seem. The programs you mention can