Invisible wrote:
> Still not really seeing how having a more expensive monitor helps 
> here... It's not like the quality of the monitor affects what colour the 
> printer prints.

When you're creating the initial image, you need to know what it's going to 
look like when it's printed.

Say you're taking pictures of meat to put on packaging. You take the photo, 
then you color-balance it until it looks juicy and delicious. [*] Now you 
ask your software what colors are in the photo, so you can give those colors 
to the printer.

If your monitor makes pink look like orange and orange look like yellow, 
then when you tell the printer to print out what you see on the monitor, 
you're going to be disappointed.

The monitor doesn't affect what color the printer prints. It affects what 
color you think you should be telling the printer to print.




[*] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7BuQFUhsRM#t=18s

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     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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