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Originally Posted by sil
Even colour calibration won't give you exact colours as monitors don't generally even support the complete colour gamut. Colour calibration though will get you as close as is possible for your monitor. Printer calibration is a huge problem taking an RGB based illuminated image and trying to get it perfect in a CYMK reflective format...which then looks different depending on lighting conditions.
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That's right--advertising hype to "get your print to perfectly match your monitor display" is just that; advertising hype that goes against the laws of physics. However, colour management will produce a close and consistent match, so that with a bit of experience you can use the display as a pretty accurate predictor of the final output.
Geoff