Datacolor User to User Support Group.

There is still the problem - what is wrong with my Spyder2 if it can't
make both monitors neutral or the same?



--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, David Miller <dm2363@...> wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 12/25/2006 4:15:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> >swp91011@... writes:
> >
> >I haven't tried a print yet as I just read all the targets and created
> >the profiles last night with PrintFix Pro.
> >
> >However, on the face of it, if one monitor shows white as yellowish
> >and one does not and I adjust the image so it looks good on one it
> >would have to have different colors than if I had adjusted it on the
> >other to look equally as white.
> >
> >They can't BOTH be right.
> >
> 
> To improve your visual matching between your monitor and your print:
> 
> - The monitor has to be calibrated. Use the Spyder (or other 3rd party
> equivalent) and calibrate your display to D65, gamma 2.2
> 
> - You need to turn on softproofing in PFP 2.0 to display the image on
> your calibrated monitor with the printer profile taken into account; or;
> you need to open the image in Photoshop (with it's working space set to
> Adobe RGB), go to the View:Proof Setup:Custom menu, select your
printer profile
> and rendering intent, and turn on paper black simulation (this is the 
> equivalent
> of what PFP 2.0's softproof shows).
> 
> - You need to view your print under a proper light source. Proper light
> sources are NOT any of the following: incandescent table lamps;
incandescent
> overhead lights; flourescent lighting (office or otherwise); bright
sunlight.
> We would recommend that you get one of the widely available
"daylight spectrum"
> lamps, which come configured as floor-standing lamps or
desktop-style lamps,
> and view your prints that way. You can also get an Ott-light, which
is an
> even more specialized version of the same kind of bulb, but for most
people,
> the more generic lamps are fine.
> 
> When you've calibrated your monitor to D65, the color of white has a
specific
> color temperature, and visually, this should be very close to the color
> temperature of your paper white when you've printed through the PFP
2.0 profile
> and you're viewing it under the controlled light source as described
above.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> -- 
> David Miller
> Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
> ColorVision
>