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- From: songer@lexmark.com (Christopher Songer)
- Subject: Re: NeXTColor Printer -- MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT !!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov09.203001.142075@lexmark.com>
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- Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 20:30:01 GMT
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- marcel@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Marcel Weiher) writes:
- >
- >Could someone correct me, but the only IBM/Lexmark color printer I've
- >seen so far uses the same Canon Cj-800/820 that NeXT does. I'd
- >probably get the black model...
- >
-
- You're right, the engine is the same. However, one of the big things
- in color printing is the calibration. This is all done in the software
- of the rip engine (Raster Image Processing engine). The cannon interface
- to the postscript engine is a bitmap interface. So, while the physical
- engines are the same, the perceived quality can vary depending on
- the color calibration in the rip engine.
-
- To be honest, I have seen neither 4079 nor Next color printouts,
- but the Next has been getting "bad press" in these groups recently and
- Lexmark seems to be getting OK press (with respect to color quality
- anyway -- its my understanding the 4079 is pretty darned slow.)
- The color calibration may very well be the issue.
-
- The other thing to keep in mind is that the Next uses PS level2 for
- color. Level2 is a whole lot better for color than Level1. Since the
- 4079 is a level one box, if it indeed gives better print quality, then
- Next needs to take a serious look at their color settings.
-
- Finally, understand that a printed document will never look like
- it does on the screen. Color is a very finnicky business. Colors
- look different under different lights and calibrating a printer
- actually comes down to calibrating for a specific "light style."
- A printed page will look different under flourscent and incandescent
- and natural light. Additionally, different combinations of inks
- (in the case of printers) and phosphours (in the case of monitors)
- will give output devices different color gamuts. As a result, it is
- completely within the realm of possibility for one device to produce
- a color that cannot be produced on another.
-
- In general, it's trickey.
-
- -Chris (Speaking for me and not Lexmark)
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