Re: Dye Based Inks
Re: Dye Based Inks
- Subject: Re: Dye Based Inks
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:45:55 -0700
on 3/16/01 10:05 AM, Dan Caldwell at email@hidden wrote:
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We have found that pigmented inks are very metameric. The color can
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appear quite different depending on the viewing conditions. Since
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profiles are created for a D50 viewing condition most pigmented ink
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profiles will look quite good in a D50 light booth but as soon as you
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get to a different lighting the color appears to be unacceptable.
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I just spent two days profiling an Epson 9500 and 2000P. What I found was
that under the lights we had (Solux, not your typical lightbox), the color
wasn't so hot. What I found was that viewing the prints under tungsten
lights (we had hot lights in the studio plus plain vanilla desk lamps) we
got the most pleasing results. Go figure. The gray balance and overall
prints looked best under Tungsten and got worse from there.
Andrew Rodney