Chuck Green
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I have a client that manufactures flooring and I was attempting to create a series of postcards that show full sized samples of the wood and stone patterns.
I have an NEC MultiSync PA monitor that I have color calibrated with a MDSVSENSOR3. (Though I am by no means expert at using it.)
I scanned actual flooring and prepared it in Photoshop (tried photographing it but that was less accurate). When I received the printed pieces, about 2/3 of the colors were pretty much right on while 1/3 were off. For example, one had a red tint overall.
The difficult part is, when viewed in sunlight, all of the cards match pretty well. But under various types of artificial light the colors are off--in other words the red tint appears under artificial light but not under daylight.
I can't quite get my head around what is happening. Is it just that the printing of that 1/3 looks correct in daylight and there's nothing to be done (I prepared all of them at the same time under the same conditions)?
Or is there a way to correct the artwork to remove the red tint that would still maintain an accurate reproduction under artificial light?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.
I have an NEC MultiSync PA monitor that I have color calibrated with a MDSVSENSOR3. (Though I am by no means expert at using it.)
I scanned actual flooring and prepared it in Photoshop (tried photographing it but that was less accurate). When I received the printed pieces, about 2/3 of the colors were pretty much right on while 1/3 were off. For example, one had a red tint overall.
The difficult part is, when viewed in sunlight, all of the cards match pretty well. But under various types of artificial light the colors are off--in other words the red tint appears under artificial light but not under daylight.
I can't quite get my head around what is happening. Is it just that the printing of that 1/3 looks correct in daylight and there's nothing to be done (I prepared all of them at the same time under the same conditions)?
Or is there a way to correct the artwork to remove the red tint that would still maintain an accurate reproduction under artificial light?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.