Re: [dev] ideas on suckless file manager

I don't get it, are you calibrating your printer so that it matches
the display instead?

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 18:39, Noah Birnel <nbirnel_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 06:00:49PM +0200, Pieter Praet wrote:
>> Color calibration [1] (and frequent recalibration) is mandatory when
>> doing *anything* graphics-related for production purposes, as the output
>> of any and every visual output device known to man *will* be distorted,
>> due to used materials, quality, aging, environmental variables, ...
>>
> Part of what I do for a living is large-ish (3x4 ft / 1x1.3 m)
> color printouts for trial displays. We don't attempt to calibrate our
> monitors for that very reason - we know they *will* be distorted. The
> proof of the pudding is in the eating, and what we care about is the
> print appearance, not the monitor.
>
> (This has certainly drifted from 'suckless file manager'.)
>
> Cheers
>
> noah
>
>
Received on Mon Jul 04 2011 - 19:00:33 CEST