In fact it is possible to use ICC/ICM profiles in WIN95 at the application and I/O level to get WYSIWYG all the way from scanner to monitor to printer. (For Windows owners this makes Windows 98or Windows 2000virtually a must since ICM profiles do not always work in Windows 95). Today, most new operating systems, software and hardware comes with ICC/ICM colour profiles, which makes colour calibration relatively easy. In the late summer of 1999 I upgradedmy computer and digital imaging system again ( I do so every couple of years) partially for greater speed, but in large measure to take advantage of recent improvements in accurate colour calibration. But, getting what appeared on the slide to match what appeared on the screen, with what appeared on a print, was tedious at best and lacking in precision. When I moved to working with a computer image processing system in the mid-90’s I was overjoyed at how repeatable producing an image could be. Test print, change filters, … too light….test print… too magenta….test print… too green and too dark… change filters………. Today, with Windows 98 and Photoshop 5 and later, mainstream computer users can have these same advantages.Īnyone who has done traditional colour printing know how tedious and frequently frustrating achieving colour balance can be. You’ll also find Ian Lyons’ Computer Darkroomsite to be an excellent source of additional information on this topic.įor many years Mac owners had a serious advantage in their ability to calibrate their scanners, monitors and printers so that what-you-see-is-actually-what-you-get on your printer. I now have a new article online called Monitor Profiling and Calibrationwhich you will find to be more current and comprehensive than this one, though some of the information below is still useful for beginners. This article is now a couple of years old and has become dated, as there are several new generations of printers as well as calibration tools available.
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