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Subject: Can we just print a render or do we need to do something specail ?

RorrKonn opened this issue on Oct 05, 2010 · 12 posts


SamTherapy posted Tue, 05 October 2010 at 5:02 PM

You can just print it out.  The quality of your output will depend on a lot of different factors, though.

There's the printer itself, which will affect the colour, no matter what you do.  Whether or not you find the results acceptable is another story.  Unless the technology has changed dramatically, all printers have a relatively limited gamut compared to most monitors, even flat LDC/LED/TFT monitors with their relatively small gamut (when compared to CRT screens) are capable of displaying many more colours than a printer can handle.

The monitor will also tell you a different story, depending on which you use.  I still use a CRT because it still provides the best colour gamut of anything going.  That said, all monitors, no matter how well they are calibrated, will display a different image, even across a selection of the same type.

 Another thing to keep in mind is the way you perceive colour, particularly brightness.  A sheet of paper reflects colours at you; a screen actually shines them at you.  There's an immediate difference and - usually - a greater level of contrast to an on screen image.

Probably the best way to get something close to your on screen image is to convert your image from RGB to CMYK.  You can use Photoshop to do this.  Bear in mind your image will then be changed in appearance, because the CMYK format (which is what printers use) is - as I said - a limited gamut format.

So, short answer, yes, a printed image will always appear different from one on screen.

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