On Saturday 24 April 2004 10:32 am, Vince Littler wrote:
On Saturday 24 April 2004 7:37 am, Fred Miller wrote:
Is there any software that will calibrate a monitor available for Linux, so that you can more closely match what is seen on screen to what is printed?
Thanks,
Fred
Hi Fred
I think that the answer will be that even if there is such a utility, you are likely to be disappointed with the outcome, unless you have a really bad printer.
No.....printer is fine. One of my lenses is the Canon 24-70L USM. Anyone who knows glass knows the cost of that puppy and the exceptional resolution, color rendition, and contrast. The Epson Stylus Photo 2200 will reproduce the resolution on 13" stock.....course it take Gimp an extraordinary amount of time to process it. I only have dSLR (Canon) now - no other format.
Just for fun, I tried in Win NT, years ago, to set the screen background to
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filter out the variations in incoming light. With an experiment like mine with the wall and the monitor, something must give, and the monitor is perceived to be wrong, when 1] it isn't and 2] there is no way to put it 'right'.
I don't perceive that we're going to get to 100% accuracy or near it anytime soon, no matter what OS and software. I'm just disappointed that we're not a LOT closer to it in Linux, and I think we should be. Best, Fred -- "The only secure Microsoft software is what's still shrink-wrapped in their warehouse..." (Forno)