> An even better airheaded assumption: one needn't calibrate at all. Works > stunningly well for me. My prints resemble my monitor, more or less. > Clients ooh and ahhh. The final product (print or web) doesn't surprise. > > Somewhere in Lebenland there may be someone who would benefit from > hearing that "pretty darn close" can be good enough, that one isn't > compelled to pursue the last ounce of precision. That maybe you want to > "spend" the precious time of your life in other ways. > > I was, in that now-past moment, curious about doing a onetime color > check-up on my system. I'm not interested in adopting a conscientious > program of oral hygiene, er, color management. I see the merit, but not > the need. Not when the days go by so quickly. To be honest, that's one of the reasons that I invested in color management technology in the first place. While it may not be critical to the closed loop of scanner/computer/printer that most in this list probably have, it's certainly saved me time by getting me well inside the ballpark when there've been a wide range of output devices and input options. And, on the other hand, as you say, perhaps one needn't calibrate at all. Though if the truth be told, if your prints resemble your monitor (or, more importantly, your intentions), you are fairly well calibrated already. There are lots whose prints aren't so lucky, and who are casting about looking for a magic pill to bring them into the kind of alignment you have. And then there are those whose needs are far more critical. As for following instructions or even reading the f**king manual (RTFM) -- it can be frustrating to offer assistance to people who take a wild guess at how something is supposed to work and then complain bitterly afterward that the thing is fatally flawed when it doesn't work the way they hoped, even though they've missed an important and well-documented instruction along the way. Sometimes doing something right the first time is the ultimate time saver. Measure twice, cut once. And all that jazz. david - Please: Stay on topic. Trim quoted messages. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.