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After switching to digital for a lot of my work, I’m about to upgrade my monitor, printer and vider driver. But it seems
that I better invest in a colorimeter to obtain a real measure of what my monitor is doing. I’ll appreciate some help in
deciding whether I really need all this stuff <G>
New Printer is an Epson 2200…now on the way.
Monitor probably an Iiyama 19" Diamondtron (boy are these things confusing.)
Video card will be a Matrox 450 or 550 depending on what deal I can get.
With this mess, do I really need a colorimeter? If the answer is yes, what do you all think of the Monaco OPTI- XR. It’s
about $250. Will it be sufficient for my needs since I’m a photographer, not a graphic designer. I don’t do
pre-press…allI want is fairly predictable prints. I use PS-7 and I’m hoping to set up a REPEATABLE system so that when
I look at an image on my monitor, it’s as close to WYSIWYG as possible at a reasonable expense.
Am I headed in the right direction?
Thanks
— DaveinFLL
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It’s not the heat,
it’s the humidity.
==============
(Think the humidity’s bad?
You should watch us vote!)
that I better invest in a colorimeter to obtain a real measure of what my monitor is doing. I’ll appreciate some help in
deciding whether I really need all this stuff <G>
New Printer is an Epson 2200…now on the way.
Monitor probably an Iiyama 19" Diamondtron (boy are these things confusing.)
Video card will be a Matrox 450 or 550 depending on what deal I can get.
With this mess, do I really need a colorimeter? If the answer is yes, what do you all think of the Monaco OPTI- XR. It’s
about $250. Will it be sufficient for my needs since I’m a photographer, not a graphic designer. I don’t do
pre-press…allI want is fairly predictable prints. I use PS-7 and I’m hoping to set up a REPEATABLE system so that when
I look at an image on my monitor, it’s as close to WYSIWYG as possible at a reasonable expense.
Am I headed in the right direction?
Thanks
— DaveinFLL
==============
It’s not the heat,
it’s the humidity.
==============
(Think the humidity’s bad?
You should watch us vote!)
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