Comments on: Video – Monitor vs. Printer Calibration

By: James

James — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:44:28 +0000

I am having difficulty download the videos from the site. For some unknown reason, I can’t save as nor command-S after waiting for the video to complete. What am I doing wrong? I use a Mac with OS 10.4.11.
Thank you for any advice.

By: MJB

MJB — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:24:49 +0000

hi Matt-
thanks for a great video. i bought color monkey (previewing this video, unfortunately), but the results lead to an annoyingly dark monitor. i can’t stand it and can’t imagine using this calibration. did i do something wrong? any advice?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:40:47 +0000

I downloaded the video and tried viewing it on the site. I keep getting glitches and out of sync audio with both methods.

By: Kevin Cozma

Kevin Cozma — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:57:25 +0000

I love the website, Matt, but like Alan Huntley, I can’t agree with this video. In general, the color munki profiles are better than the ones provided on the Epson site for the R2880. The Epson profiles tend to be a little better in regard to dark blues, but the Color Munki seems better at everything else, especially yellows. I have a shot of a sunflower, that I had to edit a lot just to get it to print properly with the Epson profiles. I printed it with the Color Munki profile without any edits in Photoshop, and it was a visibly better print than the Epson profile print.

Now, while softrproofing, I compare the Epson and the Color Munki profiles and choose the best one. The Color Munki usually wins.

By: Paul Porter

Paul Porter — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:17:31 +0000

Matt, what happened? The video is not available now.

Paul Porter
Oakland, CA

By: Dave Stevens

Dave Stevens — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:36:17 +0000

Hi Matt,
I am continually having problems matching my monitor (ViewSonic 2000VPS) with my prints (Epson R1800) when printing from Lightroom 2.6 on a MacPro, OS X 10.6. I have calibrated my monitor using a Monaco Optix spectrometer and software. I have selected the calibrated monitor profile under displays in system preferences. Questions as follow:
1. In Lightroom, is the “page setup” dialog for the printer/computer interface?
2. In Lightroom, is the “printer settings” dialog for the printer driver?
3. In Lightroom, are the settings under “Print Job” in the right print panel the settings for LR to control the printer?
If this is correct, then it is important to turn off the printer control found in the “printer settings” dialog and use only the setting found under “Print Job” on the print tab in LR, correct?
I’ve done this and I tend to still print dark with loss of yellow and gain of blue and red.
I have also downloaded and tried printing some of the standard calibration images with the same results.
Any advice on what to try next? Your help and assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Dave Stevens
Long Beach, CA

By: Alan Huntley

Alan Huntley — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:37:16 +0000

Hi Matt,

Recently, I found myself in need of a new device to calibrate my monitor. I had been using an older Eye-One Display. My research, at the time, revealed that I could get the X-rite ColorMunki for about the same price as a standard colorimeter (such as the Eye-One Display 2) when I factored in the $50 rebate they were offering last year. So, I sprung for the “Munki”.

Having now used it many times to calibrate my monitor and to create custom paper profiles, I can assure you that the paper profiles generated from this device are MUCH better than any profile downloaded from the paper manufacturer’s website. The difference in color fidelity is easily recognized. True, I do tend to print on many different types and makes of paper, but I’m finding that I prefer the ColorMunki profiles even to the “pro” profiles provided by Epson for their paper.

Another aspect of the ColorMunki which I don’t see mentioned too much is that the screen calibration software “talks” to the monitor. If your monitor supports commands sent to it by the ColorMunki, the software will adjust monitor brightness, for example, to the correct level for providing a very close screen-to-print match. After 10 years of working on supposedly calibrated monitors, I am now producing prints that are as close a match to my monitor as I’ve ever seen. For me, the ColorMunki has been a VERY GOOD purchase decision.

Just thought I’d toss in my 2 cents…

Thanks for a great video!

By: Jerimy

Jerimy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:16:51 +0000

Hi Matt,

Color control when printing is very important. I personally have been plagued with color management issues from monitor issues, local printer issues, and out of house printer issues. I have never gotten the results from out of house printing that I get when printing in house. I use an Epson printer and paper but I also calibrate my monitor and printer (on that paper) and have not seen the color issues I have when printing out of house. In fact, I can reproduce exactly what I see on my screen on my printer now.

I would recommend users making the investment into something like the Spyder3 Studio SR to have better color management. You will find that you will want to print in house versus sending out because you know you have control of color and how it will produce on paper.

By: Kajo

Kajo — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:41:20 +0000

Hi Matt,

great stuff. Thanks for posting this! Hope you are doing well.

Kajo

By: Des

Des — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:35:57 +0000

Hi Matt

Thanks for the useful info.

Just some friendly feedback. Not everyone has access to large download limits. Normally your videos are/contain screen demonstrations which help people learn. To me personally, the info in this (much larger than normal) video could almost as effectively been in the form of a audio file, for a much smaller download.

Sorry to sound like a ‘hater’/angy old man. I like your site and all your other videos very much.

Regards

Des