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Calibration #77 05/15/16 11:57 PM
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Waaaaaayyy overdue for me. Like 26 years. I just bought a Color Munki to hopefully match my camera monitor-computer monitors-printer. My biggest issue is the printer printing much darker than what I see on the monitors. I usually have to set the brightness of the printer up 10%-15%. Paper and ink used to be free for me, but no longer.

Re: Calibration [Re: Greg] #79 05/16/16 03:16 AM
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I don't (currently) have any issues that bother me with the color rendition of my monitor or printer, but I'll bet if I checked it I'd find they were off.

Re: Calibration [Re: Greg] #99 05/21/16 12:36 AM
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Both color correction and density are hard to "calibrate" with no ~standard~ to use. Pantone is a good start for print output but seeing stuff on various monitors and with different software makes consistency a real crapshoot.

Adobe and a Pantone reference number can help. You have to set up the monitor (calibrate it) to render what the final output should look like. Use Disney or Warner Bro's. cartoon standards to calibrate the monitor/printer output. Those guys are *PICKY* about output. ;-)


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Re: Calibration [Re: Greg] #103 05/21/16 10:14 AM
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I got the Color Munki a couple days ago. Still in the box. It would be nice if it worked with Linux, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

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One would "hope" that todays high-end consumer printers are calibrated at the factory to be pretty darn close.

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I don't always use Epson paper in my printer, so that throws things off a bit. Some of the names for the ICM files are pretty cryptic too. After months, I can't remember which ICM was for the luster paper.


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