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Hello everyone,
I hope I'm eating enough carrots but the thing is I have a printing and color issue.
Let me explain:
I have two laser printers, an HP and a Canon, with Mac and PC setups, and my problem is that what users see on the screen is not what comes out of the printers. So, I started searching on everyone's friend (google.fr) and I came across the creation of ICC profiles using tools such as Spyder Pro. What do you think? Is there a special setting to adjust my screen and my printer?
Thank you in advance for your input.
Have a great week everyone.
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I hope I'm eating enough carrots but the thing is I have a printing and color issue.
Let me explain:
I have two laser printers, an HP and a Canon, with Mac and PC setups, and my problem is that what users see on the screen is not what comes out of the printers. So, I started searching on everyone's friend (google.fr) and I came across the creation of ICC profiles using tools such as Spyder Pro. What do you think? Is there a special setting to adjust my screen and my printer?
Thank you in advance for your input.
Have a great week everyone.
Configuration: Windows 7 / Chrome 39.0.2171.95
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All knowledge is useful only when it serves the common good.
Born to serve
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The first thing to do is, of course, to calibrate the screen.
For printing, it's more complicated, as each printer has inks that are not identical in colorimetry and whose perception is influenced by the quality of the paper....
Attempting to reproduce an RGB visualization on a printer is not possible.
In "pro" software like Photoshop, InDesign, and others, we ask the software to simulate the output device. This way, the software adapts to the capabilities of the printer. In office software, we cannot do this. The only option is to use the profile (usually provided by the printer manufacturer) that allows for the best possible reproduction of what is on the screen (and even in this case, the quality of the paper has an influence).
For printing, it's more complicated, as each printer has inks that are not identical in colorimetry and whose perception is influenced by the quality of the paper....
Attempting to reproduce an RGB visualization on a printer is not possible.
In "pro" software like Photoshop, InDesign, and others, we ask the software to simulate the output device. This way, the software adapts to the capabilities of the printer. In office software, we cannot do this. The only option is to use the profile (usually provided by the printer manufacturer) that allows for the best possible reproduction of what is on the screen (and even in this case, the quality of the paper has an influence).
Thank you for your advice. Indeed, I have read that to calibrate the screens, a color sensor is needed to generate a specific ICC profile for the screen, which must be loaded via USB. As for color management, I see there is a display profile and a print profile; at what point is the link made to achieve a better output?
Regarding the software, it's another story. The "pro" software indeed simulates the output as best as it can match what is on the screen, but for example, when taking an image to print, using two workstations with the same software (same version), the output colors are different. For my part, I have observed that I get better colors with inkjet printing than with a laser printer, but could end-to-end calibration (screen - OS - printer) lead to a correct output? Or should we contact "pros" in colorimetry?