Paul;21282 wrote:yes. I mean screen calibration. Imagin that somone sending your photograph and it looks ok on screen but not on the mug???? its not necesserly mean your printer profile is bad or faulty coating on mug etc... your screen may simply display reacher or poorer colors with diferent saturation/brightness then is realy is on photograph so screen calibration is a must in my opinion. btw... you can do printer and monitor with one tool whitch is great
The problem with screen calibration is it is needed on both the sender and receiver end. We have our screens done. This hasn't always solved our problems of getting the correct colour though. We get sent an email with artwork on from non-calibrated screens. We even had 1 issue befor where we sent out a sample mug and they complained the colours were way off. After explaining "What they see on their screen isn't always what we see on ours" scenario, it then came to light that they had one of them screen cover things that hang in front of the monitor as well as the brightness low as they have trouble with their eyes looking at a screen all day. This is why we do encourage the supply of pantone reference. That's the only way we can get around these eventualities.
If everyone had their screen calibrated it would make life far easier.
Have you got a link to this profiling device Paul? How does it work?
I only just began dye subbing. In fact I've only printed 30 mugs so far, but I've been in printing for over 20 years. I Only use laptops, so colour calibration of my screen is not very easy, as the further it tilts away the more it changes colours and brightness.
I tries sawgrass profiling but didn't like the colours so I just defined my own. It only took 5 or 6 mugs to get colours close enough for the photos I print. I don't have a pantone chart anymore, but thats the only way to get true colours that everyone is happy with, but its for spot colours only and not for shades like photographs.
Ian. Laptop calibration is not only Not easy but also is pointlerss. as you said. diferent angle will give you diferent colours...
Also I just can not belive somone who is 20 years in this game has not got custom profile made for his machines! All peopleI know who own printing shops etc own colour calibration devices to calibrate printers and monitors.
I did try waht y said for solid colours and it worked some kind of way but for shades and skiontones I needed profile. I got my munki now and even most tricky tones are not big problem
Paul. I've only just begun with dye sub. I have been in litho printing, but left the trade 8 years ago. I have a gift shop and have just begun to print photo mugs of the landscape. Litho printing is CMYK and you have a set of colour squares printed on each sheet to keep the calibration correct. I no longer have access to any print shop equipment
