Hello
The colours on our monitors are different from those printed.
Can be calibrated colour monitor using such devices http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-mc-s3pro.php ?
Display calibrators need special monitors?
I have IIyama e1900WS, so weak monitor, display calibrator something help me?
There are two parts to colour calibration getting consistent colour on your screen and then getting printer colour to match the screen.
The product you are looking at does the screen part well but unless you go further and get the kit that matches a printed sample too then you only have solved half the problem.
Some of the colour calibration packs and products do match a printed sample. This is about the only true solution to this problem because it will profile YOUR printer and YOUR screen regardless of what screen or printer combination you own. You can rematch if you ever upgrade either your printer or monitor.
“This is about the only true solution to this problem because it will profile YOUR printer and YOUR screen regardless of what screen or printer combination you own.”
This is an interesting question to me, because I do some paper goods for local businesses. My solution was to simply do a bunch of testing and figure out the differences between my monitor and my printer (in my case, Y prints way differently than it renders on the screen). That is the low-end solution to the OP’s question.
How do you calibrate to print on other people’s printers? I usually print a test and then send it off to the print shop and get something back which looks fairly close to (though not exactly) my printed proof. Other than using offset press spot colors, is there any way to know for certain what a digital printer is going to output?
You can request the print settings from your local digital printer. They may not send them or supply any information. But most know what works best in their setup. Most of the digital printers I’ve worked alongside have been happy to supply print settings instructions, PDF settings files, postscript drivers etc. At the end of the day it makes their job easier because files come into their office in a format already compatible with the machinery.
It may take some initial work to load and get the settings working but being able to spit a PDF out of InDesign to commercial or digital printers specs with confidence time after time is worth the hassle if you are using the services regularly. Most don’t change machinery or settings that frequently either. So one set up could last years.