Re: How Many Colors?
Re: How Many Colors?
- Subject: Re: How Many Colors?
- From: SKID Photography <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:55:58 -0400
Thanks to all who responded to my 256 color question. I seem to have
mislead some on the list though.
I never read that the 2000P, as compared to dye based printers was limited
to 256 colors. It was some vague memory (obviously wrong) that bubbled to
the top. We have had the printer for several months and have been quite
satisfied with the output quality.
It was only when our very old monitor started to go, and we started doing
research to replace it that I started thinking about the number of colors
that it could reproduce. I thought (incorrectly) that I had read that
inkjet printers could only reproduce 256 colors.
The only problem with color management and output that we did have was with
Photoshop 5 and 5.5 (apparently fixed in PS6.01.....not PS6.0). We found
that by outputting from Photoshop we got frustratingly inconsistent results
(an experience noted by others on the 2000P listserv), but when we imported
the Photoshop corrected scans from Photoshop to Quark, and then to the
2000P everything was fine.
The whole field of color management is a large one. The available written
guides we have read don't make the details of color management any easier
to understand. I have resigned myself to a very long, slow learning curve,
where certain bits of info become clear over time, and eventually, I will
comprehend the whole base of knowledge. But until then, stupid questions,
bad choices and inconsistent results.
Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC
Rudy Vonk wrote:
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Harvey Ferdschneider wrote:
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> If I am outputting to an Epson 2000P (pigment ink) printer,
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> which is supposed to only reproduce 256 colors,
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Congratulations to the Epson salesman who sold Harvey the device *after*
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making him believe the printer is crap.
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And congratulations to you, Harvey, because you are about to become the
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most satisfied customer on earth, once you realize that in fact the
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printer you bought is a wonderful device capable of reproducing an
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amazingly wide gamut of colors with stunning quality.
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Perhaps you have been misled into using some inadequate driver setting,
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in which case any one of a number of experienced users on this list (I
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don't use an Epson driver myself) will gladly guide you, but no: set
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your monitor to millions, calibrate and profile it as best you can with
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the means at your disposal, and you should soon be seeing acceptable
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screen previews of the beautiful prints you are going to make.