Display brightness versus print brightness

I’ve taken the first steps toward a rigorous color workflow, i.e. I popped for the GretagMacbeth color checker chart. I think that I have good color matching from camera to monitor to printer. However what I don’t have is good brightness matching from the monitor to the printer. A pic that has good brightness and contrast on the monitor generally is too dark and too flat when printed. I have calibrated the monitor using Adobe Gamma however my monitor has a lot of "metamerisnm", it is a Samsung SyncMaster 760V flat panel.

How can I calibrate the monitor so the print brightness and contrast are roughly equal to what I see on the monitor? I don’t see how color calibration instruments would help here. Is this just something that I need to deal with with experience? BTW the printer is a HP 8750.

I’ve taken the first steps toward a rigorous color workflow, i.e. I popped for the GretagMacbeth color checker chart. I think that I have good color matching from camera to monitor to printer. However what I don’t have is good brightness matching from the monitor to the printer. A pic that has good brightness and contrast on the monitor generally is too dark and too flat when printed. I have calibrated the monitor using Adobe Gamma however my monitor has a lot of "metamerisnm", it is a Samsung SyncMaster 760V flat panel.

How can I calibrate the monitor so the print brightness and contrast are roughly equal to what I see on the monitor? I don’t see how color calibration instruments would help here. Is this just something that I need to deal with with experience? BTW the printer is a HP 8750.

I have noticed a discrepancy between the brightness of images in the Editor compared to those printed or indeed shown in print preview.
I have just posted a new thread on this so will be interested to see if I get any response.

Have you checked the print preview to see if they match either the prints or the editor images?

Andrew Bealing

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I’ve taken the first steps toward a rigorous color workflow, i.e. I popped for the GretagMacbeth color checker chart. I think that I have good color matching from camera to monitor to printer. However what I don’t have is good brightness matching from the monitor to the printer. A pic that has good brightness and contrast on the monitor generally is too dark and too flat when printed. I have calibrated the monitor using Adobe Gamma however my monitor has a lot of "metamerisnm", it is a Samsung SyncMaster 760V flat panel.

How can I calibrate the monitor so the print brightness and contrast are roughly equal to what I see on the monitor? I don’t see how color calibration instruments would help here. Is this just something that I need to deal with with experience? BTW the printer is a HP 8750.

I’ve taken the first steps toward a rigorous color workflow, i.e. I popped for the GretagMacbeth color checker chart. I think that I have good color matching from camera to monitor to printer. However what I don’t have is good brightness matching from the monitor to the printer. A pic that has good brightness and contrast on the monitor generally is too dark and too flat when printed. I have calibrated the monitor using Adobe Gamma however my monitor has a lot of "metamerisnm", it is a Samsung SyncMaster 760V flat panel.

How can I calibrate the monitor so the print brightness and contrast are roughly equal to what I see on the monitor? I don’t see how color calibration instruments would help here. Is this just something that I need to deal with with experience? BTW the printer is a HP 8750.