The color of my prints doesn’t match my screen.
You think it would be simple to get a good-looking printout. But this is one of the trickiest tasks of modern computers. The process depends on how close you want to get.
Good Accuracy: Your display and printer need to be calibrated to match. Otherwise, a printed image may appear yellow simply because your display is set too red and so on. You can fix this issue with a colorimeter, which are around $149-$449. These modern devices directly measure the colors from your screen, creating a custom profile that is used by Photoshop and other applications to display images in the most accurate way possible.
Better Accuracy: To complete the process, you need to measure the characteristics of your particular printer with a spectrophotometer. These devices are useless without a professional who knows how to take accurate measurements and build the correct profile for your system.
Tekserve offers a great lineup for all your imaging needs from Wacom, LaCie, NEC, Eizo, Epson and ColorMunki.
Published March 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Last modified on October 31, 2011 4:37 PM
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