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| Thread ID: 16523 | 2002-03-11 01:24:00 | Matching Printer colour to screen. | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 38638 | 2002-03-11 01:24:00 | This has bugged me for some years (on lots of different systems)- my printer(s) have never printed the same colour that I see an the monitor. Sometimes it's not even close, like orange prints as brown. It seems to depend on the software package to an extent. Photoshop is close, the HP cd labeller is way off, Corel Print Office is pretty much spot on. I would have thought that it was part of the Windows interfacing, rather than individual software - isn't that what Windows os supposed to do. Anyway, is there any way to match the two? I'm currently running Win98SE with a Canon BJC-7000 printer. The graphics are on the MB (yeah, I know - an upgrade is on the wish list!) which is a PCChips 741MLRT (8 meg shared AGP V2) - PIII 550, 370Mb sdram. I'm using a PC Company 17 inch CRT (No idea who makes them). Any ideas are appreciated. Regards, Ray A. |
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| 38639 | 2002-03-11 04:07:00 | There are colour calibration solutions around (available in NZ?)- that use a device to compare output from printer/monitor and make the adjustments. If you are prepared to experiment get something like PowerStrip, do a search for 'color calibration' and you'll find some colour/contrast/brightness swatches and you can print them out and then use PowerStrip to make adjustments to match your printouts. And if you do that at night then when you use your computer during day it'll all be different :-( |
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| 38640 | 2002-03-11 04:48:00 | go talk to a printer,designer or desk top publisher | Guest (0) | ||
| 38641 | 2002-03-11 05:55:00 | This is a subject that interests me too. I have spent many hours reseaching it, but I am not knoweledgable enough to explain it all yet. This site is the best one I have found, if you find anything better please let me know. www.digitaldog.net |
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| 38642 | 2002-03-11 09:27:00 | u could try pantone.com they are into graphic arts and colour reproduction |
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| 38643 | 2002-03-12 06:08:00 | Thanks to all. I'll follow up on suggestions and post back at a later date. Regards, Ray.A |
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