Is printer profiling worthwhile?

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birdman
Dec 18, 2004
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I would be interested hearing from users who have acutally calibrated their printers, using appropriate hardware and software, for particular paper surfaces rather than using the profiles that are supplied by the printer manufacturers or some paper manufacturers.

Are the results the results worth the effort? In other words, does that first print better approximate what you think you see on the monitor and expect to see in the print than you get from using canned profiles? If there is an improvement with custom printer/paper profiling what is the actual improvement that you see in your prints?

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Jim
Dec 19, 2004
"bmoag" wrote in message
I would be interested hearing from users who have acutally calibrated
their
printers, using appropriate hardware and software, for particular paper surfaces rather than using the profiles that are supplied by the printer manufacturers or some paper manufacturers.

Are the results the results worth the effort? In other words, does that first print better approximate what you think you see on the monitor and expect to see in the print than you get from using canned profiles? If
there
is an improvement with custom printer/paper profiling what is the actual improvement that you see in your prints?
Yes to all questions.
Jim
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Cameraman
Dec 20, 2004
"Jim" wrote in message
"bmoag" wrote in message
I would be interested hearing from users who have acutally calibrated
their
printers, using appropriate hardware and software, for particular paper surfaces rather than using the profiles that are supplied by the printer manufacturers or some paper manufacturers.

Are the results the results worth the effort? In other words, does that first print better approximate what you think you see on the monitor and expect to see in the print than you get from using canned profiles? If
there
is an improvement with custom printer/paper profiling what is the actual improvement that you see in your prints?
Yes to all questions.
Jim
Well worth the effort

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