D50 T8 LED Tube Light Color Matching for Print Studio

I have a color print studio. The viewing wall is 16 feet wide and is lit now by 16 GE Chroma 50 T12 bulbs in four 4-foot fluorescent fixtures without diffusers (bare bulbs). They are rated at 2250 lumens. Total lumens 36000 and the light is very even. The D50 5000K T8 LED Tube Lights for Color Matching are rated on your website at 1800 lumens, which would be a total of 28800 lumens. My question is how would the lighting effect for judging the prints compare? Is 2250 vs 1800 lumens a true measure of the light output? 

We can confirm that the lumens listed on the product pages are a measurement of the total light being output in all directions by the light source. 

​While the quality and accuracy of the light output are measured in CRI and other metrics, you may find that the lower overall lumens may result in the reduced total illumination of your installation area.

As an alternative, we might recommend increasing the quantity of T8 LED Tube Lights by using additional fixtures in order to meet your illumination target. 

Further, it might be helpful to know that our T8 LED Tube Light products are not compatible with the ballasts within T12 fixtures. 

In the event that you install our products within the T12 fixtures, we recommend bypassing the ballast to utilize a direct wire configuration as illustrated within our product user guide. Please note that use with incompatible ballasts will cause damage to the hardware, and will void the warranty. 

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