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In the chain of scanner, Photoshop, monitor and printer, is the monitor profile used for anything other then the way the monitor displays images? In other words, does any other item in the chain use the monitor profile for its purposes?
The reason I ask is the following: When in the past Ive calibrated and profiled my old CRT monitor the target whitepoint was supposed to be in the 85 to 95 range. Some time ago I purchased a Viewsonic 930(b) LCD monitor, and using the Monaco Optix it always set the whitepoint well above 100, sometimes as high as 125 or higher. Since the printed images came out at about the same brightness and contrast as seen on the monitor, I just let it be.
Yesterday I recalibrated and reprofiled my LCD monitor, but this time I overrode the built-in Monaco Optix instructions and forced the white point to about 89.
But a curious thing happened when I printed some images: they were way too dark. Of course in having a less bright monitor my images were darker ONSCREEN, but would this also cause them to print much too dark? I cant image why. And then again only if, somehow, Photoshop or my Epson R880 printer was reading the new monitor profile.
Anyone have any answers or clues?
Thank you,
Howard
The reason I ask is the following: When in the past Ive calibrated and profiled my old CRT monitor the target whitepoint was supposed to be in the 85 to 95 range. Some time ago I purchased a Viewsonic 930(b) LCD monitor, and using the Monaco Optix it always set the whitepoint well above 100, sometimes as high as 125 or higher. Since the printed images came out at about the same brightness and contrast as seen on the monitor, I just let it be.
Yesterday I recalibrated and reprofiled my LCD monitor, but this time I overrode the built-in Monaco Optix instructions and forced the white point to about 89.
But a curious thing happened when I printed some images: they were way too dark. Of course in having a less bright monitor my images were darker ONSCREEN, but would this also cause them to print much too dark? I cant image why. And then again only if, somehow, Photoshop or my Epson R880 printer was reading the new monitor profile.
Anyone have any answers or clues?
Thank you,
Howard
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