Sounds like a reasonable method. Inkjet prints are fine for a lot of stuff,
but blacks are hard to do well. But if I want a large print the lab approach
can get expensive. Also, the lab I use is still a bit of a hike for me, but
I'll have to check it out sometime. Thanks for describing your workflow.
Wayne
At 12:09 PM 9/18/2004, you wrote:
>Seems you got much better tools than me, I never use any calibration tool
>but I got very accurate result with my workflow for both slide output and
>Fuji Frontier output, that is all I need. I never use inkjet, it doesn't
>look right for me especially I print mostly 4x6. The resolution of inkjet is
>low compared with Fuji Frontier (I still miss the good quality optical print
>but it is no longer feasable) at this print size.
>
>For monitor I set it at 5000K. I use a 5000K light box to compare my scan, I
>set a very minor twist curve for the 4000ED, which gives constant result
>with RDP III. Every scan is closely matched with the light box view.
>
>For slide output I use sRGB (I know most pro may say they will use Adobe
>RGB), my Polaroid film recorder matched very well with sRGB although it does
>not say what profile it use.
>
>For prints, I only use Fuji Frontier, there is a cheap one hour lab here
>which gives me consistent result (tell them to make direct output without
>adjustment). My first step is download the Fuji Frontier profile from Pop
>Photo web site and use it with PS (remember at the Proof Setup click the
>"Simulate Paper White" box). Then I use reverse engineering method, output
>at least ten different prints with different scenes, most important is to
>include some peoples shots (IMO it is the most difficult one to cal.).
>Compare the prints with the monitor display, use a light source which is
>close to your monitor's color temp. to view the prints (you may also need a
>lamp with high color rendering index). Then adjust your display card's curve
>setting to make it close to what you see on the prints, repeat with
>different prints and save the curve. With this method I have thousands of
>prints made and it proof to work very well for me.
>
>
>C.H.Ling
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