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Canon Pro-100, Precision Color ink and profile for Kirkland Tulip paper
Most know that when all is well with your printer, the final quality of the print is the result of good monitor and paper profiles.
It is impossible to predict the quality of the print unless you have a monitor that has been profiled correctly. No matter how good the paper profile is, it is negated if the monitor profile is inaccurate. Most complaints are about prints being too dark. That is almost always because the monitor is too bright and has nothing to do with the paper profile.
Several years ago, I bit the bullet and purchased the xRite i1Profiler system – even before it was xRite. I updated the system to its current iteration and made good profiles. The print results were always “close” to the monitor display and I rationalized that the difference was the difference in the lighting between the monitor and paper.
xRite has updated the i1Profile software and when trying to update my monitor profile, xRite allowed me to update, free of charge, to the latest version.
What an improvement! I have a Dell 2408 monitor – not the latest. I ran the profile generator and looked at the results. There was no deviation between the optimum and generated curve.
The real test was a real print. I chose to print what I thought would give the most severe test – black poodle with silver patches in colorful background. In fact two such prints – one jpg and one RAW, both printed in Lightroom 5.3. The Precision Colors paper profile was used in printing.
The results were astonishing! I have never had monitor image and print result so close. You must look very close to see any difference. Just a little difference in the black coat of the poodle, but a civilian observer didn’t notice it at all.
I’m still with a mixture of OEM and Precision Colors ink, and the Precision Colors paper profiles have been great. When I get to all Precision Colors ink, I’ll make my own paper profiles with i1Profile, and I expect the results to improve over what is now excellent.
If you require accurate color, you may also want to bite the bullet and invest in this system – it ain’t cheap, but you pay the price only once – and the results are pretty amazing.
Good Luck!
Wil
Most know that when all is well with your printer, the final quality of the print is the result of good monitor and paper profiles.
It is impossible to predict the quality of the print unless you have a monitor that has been profiled correctly. No matter how good the paper profile is, it is negated if the monitor profile is inaccurate. Most complaints are about prints being too dark. That is almost always because the monitor is too bright and has nothing to do with the paper profile.
Several years ago, I bit the bullet and purchased the xRite i1Profiler system – even before it was xRite. I updated the system to its current iteration and made good profiles. The print results were always “close” to the monitor display and I rationalized that the difference was the difference in the lighting between the monitor and paper.
xRite has updated the i1Profile software and when trying to update my monitor profile, xRite allowed me to update, free of charge, to the latest version.
What an improvement! I have a Dell 2408 monitor – not the latest. I ran the profile generator and looked at the results. There was no deviation between the optimum and generated curve.
The real test was a real print. I chose to print what I thought would give the most severe test – black poodle with silver patches in colorful background. In fact two such prints – one jpg and one RAW, both printed in Lightroom 5.3. The Precision Colors paper profile was used in printing.
The results were astonishing! I have never had monitor image and print result so close. You must look very close to see any difference. Just a little difference in the black coat of the poodle, but a civilian observer didn’t notice it at all.
I’m still with a mixture of OEM and Precision Colors ink, and the Precision Colors paper profiles have been great. When I get to all Precision Colors ink, I’ll make my own paper profiles with i1Profile, and I expect the results to improve over what is now excellent.
If you require accurate color, you may also want to bite the bullet and invest in this system – it ain’t cheap, but you pay the price only once – and the results are pretty amazing.
Good Luck!
Wil
