 Celeste McWilliams |
Calibrating Colors: PC Monitor and Printer I have my photos printed at a lab, and they do fabulous work. However, the colors that appear on my computer monitor and what they print are slightly different. I was told that I could get one of their prints and then adjust my monitor settngs to essentially match their colors (so what I see on monitor are the colors that will be printed). How do I do this? I am working on a Toshiba Satellite A105-4084 laptop, but was unable to find any online resources explaining if/how I an do this. Thanks!
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W. |
Hi Celeste, "I was told that I could get one of their prints and then adjust my monitor settngs to essentially match their colors". That doesn't seem like very sensible advice to me. Because it's the wrong way around: THEY are supposed to reproduce YOUR originals as faithfully as possible. YOU are NOT supposed to "pre-produce" your images to please THEM....! Hey! Who is the client here? You may want to test another lab's attitude.
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Jerry Frazier |
I'm sure this is a set up, but W. Smith has been smoking something good. Basically, you do have to color correct your monitor to whatever the lab uses. Usually, they can give you some basic settings. Then you use a puck, maybe one from Eye-One or something, and you calibrate your monitor using the puck. Then you reprint, and see how close you are to their monitors. Lastly, if you are doing this, you have to tell them NOT TO COLOR CORRECT. This is the only way you will be able to ensure that you screen will match the print you get exactly. Good luck. For most, it is a lifetime endeavour. This is why I have mulitple profiles on my monitors...becuase I use several different labs, and each are slightly different from eachother.
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Jon Canfield |
Calibrating your display to a print is completely backwards from what you want to do. Laptop displays don't have the best quality so you'll always see some differences, but you can get close. Using something like the EyeOne, or the Spyder2 is a very good solution, and you can get into this for a low price. I would ask your lab what their workflow is. Ask what they calibrate with, and what color space they prefer for output. Jon
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