This is in reply to the query by Kaka.
We are always tempted to get a “photo” ink printer into our house, thinking of the convenience it will bring us. Sadly, at least for now, we average Joe who are struggling to make ends meet should refrain ourselves from buying that gadget.
Let look at a few simple reasons.
1) The colour you see on the screen do not match the colour which come out from your printer.
Digital equipment all interpret data different. Thus a red colour to a monitor is very different from a red colour for the printer. (RGB for monitors, CYMK for printers)
It doesn’t matter if all we print are something like this.
It will be a totally different kettle of fish should you try to print an image like this.
You will be asking yourself: Is the blue “blue enough”? The black “black enough”? Even a 10% deviation is not good enough.
This is where colour management comes in.
Here they use ICC-compliant device profiles to do the job. I will skip the detail, just that you can do it either manually (using your eyes to match the colour) or buy hardware profiling system. These hardware usually cost more than USD 500.
Do you want to spend that kind of money?
The colours usually look a tad too bright when printed out.
I think it will never get tht perfect print. Or else, all the photo shop will be out of job.