Advice Needed - Spyder2Pro & Dell 2311 Monitor

ChasP505 wrote in post #12353708
In future recalibrations... don't reset the monitor back to defaults. Just start from the previous settings and tweak as needed if there was any "drift". Recalibrate every 3-5 weeks.

Will do.

I will get few prints done over next few days and let you guys know how they come out.

Thanks all.

Finally got some prints done. Not great!!!!!

They were done on a instant kodak kiosk. (not sure how accurate they are)

Below is a comparison of Screen v Print.

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You would need the Kodak Instant Kiosk profile to softproof your screen image, simulated to look like the kiosk output. Otherwise, how does your display know what your print output device is capable of?

Most printer companies, paper providers and some photo labs make their output device profiles available for you to download, so that you can softproof your images prior to printing. Some labs will provide you with calibration targets instead. With a profile for the specific output device (ie, paper+printer) you can have photoshop simulate the output of that device on your display - this is softproofing. THen, you print your images and compare the prints to the softproof display to see how well the simulated output on your calibrated and profiled display matches the actual printed output.

Once you find a display profile with appropriate calibration targets for your viewing environment that matches the printed output via softproofing, you can be confident that your image edited in a color managed application will match the printed output for that output device. Usually, you print a few test prints that have colors and tonal ranges that you can use as references. Once you have a match, you are good to go.

Red, for example, may be a particularly difficult color to get a good match without softproofing, as the kisok printer may not have a sufficient gamut to get the red you see on your display. If you had a kisok profile for softproofing, this problem could be identified and appropriate edits or choices in rendering intent could be made accordingly.

Keep at it!

Kirk

That's Great help Kirk. Unfortunately I can't find a icc profile
For Kodak kiosk, Can I create a custom profile based on how I see the prints??

Or is it just easier and more accurate to use a print facility that offers profiles to download??

Sorry I ask so many questions, but seems silly spending a fortune on Equipment and software if the final print is not accurate.

Thanks

In the end, you may just have to print and match by iterating through a round or two of print, observe the differences between print and screen, make adjustment to image, print again, make adjustments, etc, until you develop a set of curves adjustments (or similar) that you apply to your images that are destined for that Kodak device.

Kirk