On Mar 18, 2018, at 10:56 AM, Anthony R Sanna <asanna@ismaldo.com> wrote:
What equipment should I recommend to get him started? Thanks.
Whatever X-Rite sells that matches his budget would be perfect. If he's only profiling his display when he happens to think about it, the cheapest display colorimeter they make will be more than adequate. If he wants to profile his printer -- and he probably will -- then the ColorMunki spectrometer is the way to go. If he has money to burn and anticipates diving deep, I can't sing the praises of the i1 Pro spectrometer high enough. (And the i1 Pro display colorimeter is pretty awesome, too.) Your friend is obviously already aware that the display's brightness is a key factor in appearance matching. He's in a good position to recognize that the brightness of the illuminant you're using for the print matters just as much. My favorite example is National Geographic. Their magazines are gorgeous in a viewing booth. They look pretty good in sunlight. They're horribly dark with completely blocked shadows in the typical dimly-lit home living room environment where most people actually look at them. I don't know if the software X-Rite ships with the Munki lets you create printer profiles for specific viewing conditions. If not, Graeme's ArgyllCMS does -- and does so superbly. But, of course, a print you make for a specific viewing condition will look great in those conditions and less so in others. For a least-worst all-purpose print, assuming D50 (which is what basically everything does by default) is your best choice. Cheers, b&