DC Settings to optimize print to screen match

[aboulfad]

One of the goals to calibrate our monitors is so we can soft proof before printing and hence obtain prints that closely resemble what we see on screen.

are there any recommended display cal settings to help accomplish that? So far I’ve been lowering the luminosity  from 120 to 90cd/m2 and I wonder about the temperature settings and gamma?

[Vincent]

Do you own a light booth where you can put the prints for direct comparison?
Then:
-set WP at the same coords as light booth light source, then use simulate paper white in your editing app while softproofing (you’ll need an accurate profile for each paper & printer ink)
(for example ISO P2 conditions D50, 160cd/m2 for near D50 source and 500 lux in light booth )
or
-set WP reflected in the booth by EACH paper you are going to use, so you’ll need a monitor calibration for each one
or
-use visual match approach for the options above

Or you are dealing with remote printing service / clients ?
Then:
-use WP & luminance recommended by your client / print service (for example D50 90-100cd/m2 that soem printing services advice… mostly because they guess a lot of clients won’t have a D50 with 500lux light booth)
-use some standard appoach (like ISO P2 conditions described above).

BTW, as you may guess an approximation for luminance in monitor & light booth is to divide lux values in the booth at paper level by Pi number, then you get cd/m2 for screen.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Vincent.

[aboulfad]

Thank you for the reply, no I don’t own a print booth nor any other dedicated “tools”. Just the displays, Pixma Pro-100 and i1 display pro.

Maybe the defaults in DisplayCal are ok for those of us that don’t venture further into WP stuff.

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[Vincent]

Having such wonderful but affordable printer I would read about getting (at least) an halongen 5000K Solux lamp. Won’t hurt reading about it and it’s a good start.

Also if you just use 2-3 types of paper and you do not own an spectrophotometer IMHO it would be wise to profile your pixma for them. Maybe it will cost about 50euro (first) + 30euro x n (next ones in a batch) for a basic but good enough custom profile. A lot of services online for that (prices may vary).

[aboulfad]

Indeed my next step is to order custom ICC profiles. I’ll check solux, I’ve also saw some print booth DIYs which I might go that route, and subsequently I’ll re-visit your above suggestions for DisplayCal.

Heres my favorite online custom shop, tons of detailed info and reasonable cost https://www.colourphil.co.uk

thank you

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