[Mageia-discuss] Re : Gimp printing

[Allan E. Registos]

On 8/22/2011 1:00 AM, TJ wrote:
> On 08/21/2011 02:50 AM, Mehdi Hadjard wrote:
>>
>> P.S. I noticed that the printed pictures in ML are slightly lighter that
>> shown in Gimp. Is there some type of program that calibrates printer
>> with monitor?
>> Thanks, Gary
>>
>
> That's not as easy as it sounds, since monitors and printers use 
> different color systems. Monitors use an RGB system, where red, green 
> and blue light is combined to make the different colors. Mixing all 
> together makes white. Printers, on the other hand, use CMYK, where 
> cyan, yellow, and magenta are combined. Mixing all those together 
> produces black. 

Mixing cyan, yellow and magenta in theory will produce black, but 
because of the inconsistency of inks(CMY) it will produce muddy dark 
brownish color.  For that reason, the black ink was used to produce deep 
black or rich black on top of 100% mixed of CMY.

Regards,
Allan
> Converting from one to the other is fraught with difficulty, or so 
> I've read.
>
> TJ