![]() In the Annex to this review, Christopher Campbell, who also tested the MYIRO system, provides his experience using it for display profiling in conjunction with basICColor Display 6.įor the benefit of those not familiar with the processes in which spectros are used, the bare-bones “menu” for profiling a printer/paper combination is this: In this review, I shall be focusing on printer/paper profiling. (I reviewed in May 2020 basICColor Display 6 paired with an X-Rite i1Display Pro colorimeter.) However, for profiling printer/paper combinations one uses a spectrophotometer, and the same device may also be used for profiling monitors. There are less expensive colorimeters and software on the market to serve that purpose very well. Profiling a monitor does not require the devices I’ll be reviewing here. ![]() The color management modules of our computer operating systems use profile data to translate colors between devices such that, if done and used properly, what comes out of our printers will look pretty much look like what we see on our monitors – provided we have also properly calibrated and profiled our monitors. Bespoke profiles are recommended for each different printing condition (paper, ink, resolution, printing speed), because different papers absorb and reflect ink differently. We can obtain usable results using manufacturer-supplied generic profiles for both monitor and printer/paper, but the most accurate results will come from custom profiling our own monitors and printers/papers. The role of the spectrophotometer is to measure and transmit to storage the necessary color information about how these devices render colors by reading color patches in profiling targets (Please see our “cover” photo).įor those of us interested in no surprises between what we see on our monitors and what we get from our printers, custom profiling of both the monitor and the printer/paper combination is useful. Profiling characterizes how the monitor and printer reproduce colors. Different devices “see” colors differently. Profiling systems help us to achieve good color management of our digital image production. I’ll start with some brief comments about why you may want to be interested in any of this, and then drill down into the options for doing it. The choices for such profiling systems expanded this year with Konica-Minolta’s (KM) introduction of the new MYIRO-1 spectrophotometer and its associated software MYIROtools. Up to this year, X-Rite has been pretty much the dominant provider of mid-priced professional-grade, hand-held instruments, and software for profiling monitors and printers. My focus is on RGB Inkjet printers and papers. So, if you read words here that waste your time, it’s great that you’re more advanced, but please remember I’m writing for a broad audience. ![]() Or maybe you have one already but may want to renew or upgrade it? I start by mentioning that this article is intended for an audience that may have widely varying knowledge of what these color management tools do, or even about what color management is. Share on Twitter The Latest and Greatest For Making Your Own Profiles
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