We are installing EIZO LCD for softproofing with the console CP 2000. Color matching is good, but the picture on the screen is darker than on the sheet. I think the light console is set too high. The monitor is set to 160 cd/m2. Light reflected from the sheet is measured by the eye-one pro (better device is not available at the moment, but for rough assessment, I think, is enough). I measure the light reflected from several sheets of paper, and result is cca 400 cd/m2 at a distance of 50cm from the paper (perpendicular to the paper). At the monitor result is cca 160 cd/m2 (both attached and from 50cm).
Please look at the picture, it shows the measurement method. I think that our results corresponds to 2,000 lux, used for color critical assessment? Our printers facing, time by time, problems with the fact that prints are darker than the customer expects, it may also be a connection?
My idea is add a control unit to the CP2000 and reduce luminance (rather than remove one or two tubes, to maintain uniform illumination) - what you think about it? Does my measuring make sense, or i am making any mistake?
I understand that color match will never be perfect, and for color-critical print we are using hard-proof, softproof is for less demanding jobs.
Thank you all for any thoughts and ideas!
All the best,
KamilT
Please look at the picture, it shows the measurement method. I think that our results corresponds to 2,000 lux, used for color critical assessment? Our printers facing, time by time, problems with the fact that prints are darker than the customer expects, it may also be a connection?
My idea is add a control unit to the CP2000 and reduce luminance (rather than remove one or two tubes, to maintain uniform illumination) - what you think about it? Does my measuring make sense, or i am making any mistake?
I understand that color match will never be perfect, and for color-critical print we are using hard-proof, softproof is for less demanding jobs.
Thank you all for any thoughts and ideas!
All the best,
KamilT