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Re: Different monitor and printer calibrations for different ambient light?
In reply to Kruppe,
4 months ago
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Kruppe wrote:
I recently purchased an Epson R3000. In all aspects it is a wonderfull machine, and I have done some really nice prints already.
I just got a Colormunki Photo in order to optimize the chain from camera to finished print.
This morning I did a monitor and printer calibration. The sun was not up yet, so it was very dark.
Using the Colormunki Photo I went through the monitor calibration steps, including measuring ambient light. The profiling went smoothly and the monitor was set to 80 dc/m2, which is very dark as far as I am concerned (in unscientific terms it meant that the brightness was set to 15/100 on my 27" Dell monitor).
(Tonight I have been websurfing and playing Civ 5, and I raised the brightness t0 50/100. If I want to retouch photos I will lower brigthness to 15/100 again.)
I proceeded to calibrate the printer, which went smoothly. I have not tested yet, but I assume that everything is ok at this point.
Now my question is, what do I do when I am working in daylight? The wall to the left of my workstation is windows from floor to ceiling, so it is very bright during the day, even though there is no direct sunligth since they are facing North.
Do I make a seperate monitor calibration during those conditions? If so, do I need a specific printer calibration also, or can I stick to the one I made during the low light conditions?
If indeed I need 2(or more) profiles for the monitor and/or printer, how do I switch between them? (windows 7).
Looking forward to hearing your advice.
I am surrounded by windows on three sides, and the light values here in Australia are just about as extreme as anywhere. I read here in this forum, a post suggesting making multiple profiles for different conditions, it sounded practical so here is what I have done:
We have adjustable vertical blinds, but plan to replace with timber ventian style....no cover is just NOT a practical option here during the bright part of the day.
I use Colormunki to make printer profiles, the Munki allows a person to name each one so I put a time and light value eg amvbright, or amovecst...pmvbright, or pmlights.
My Monitor is an Eizo,and has a program ColorNavigator built in, it also allows me to save multiple settings so at an am and very bright session I calibrate and name amvbright etc etc.
I must confess I was thinking that someone was having a joke......but so far so good, either It works and works well,
or
It did not matter anyway and I just did a whole lot of work for nothing...either way I have good results and its not at all hard to work with if a person just makes setting up the screen and printer profiles before starting a printing or processing session each time.
IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND IS TIME CONSUMING AT THE SET UP STAGE IT'S A PAIN but just the once.
enjoy!
Andrew
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