Printing problems- deep and darkest depths of agro

[gwpriester]

Pantone (now part of X-Rite) has a product on the market called huey pro. It is a monitor calibration solution that is supposed to be very simple. (I have a review copy sitting on my desk that I have to review next week).

It is a software/hardware solution with a gismo that hangs down over your screen and takes a reading which the software uses to calibrate your monitor's color balance and white point settings.

I'll try to remember to post my findings here.

Gary

[steve.ledger]

Yes please Garry, post your findings.
I once had someone ask me a question regarding monitor calibration hardware - they wanted to know "does it calibrate your eyes?"
"Because we all see colour frequencies somewhat differently don't we?"

[jen0dorf]

Will aprreciate your views, I've managed to "suggest" to spyder that I may be in a position to Market their combined printer and monitor calibrations system so they are sending me a copy to look at and trial.

I'll let you all know

Ian

[steve.ledger]

A little bit old now, but it's widely assumed and has been posted on many a blog and fourm that CS3 doesn't ship with Adobe Gamma.

Well that's not true - it does and it works with Windows Vista.
The trick is 'knowing' it's there and how to get to using it.

There's a YouTube video that explains this much better than me trying here.

TUTORIAL Using Adobe Gamma in CS3 (and on Vista!) Photoshop

Here's AG running on my machine

[AndFarr]

I'd try the simple fix approach first.
Load the image into a bitmap editing program such as Photoshop, PhotoImpact, or PhotoPaint, and adjust the white balance.
Then print.
- Andy