Help Choosing Calibration Equipment Please!

[Dave Bond]

OK - I am looking for a good solution to calibrate a few of our monitors to our new HP color printer. Is it possible to get a good hardware calibration device with software for about 5 or 600 dollars that will build profiles for using photoshop? I am looking for the best cost effective solution.

 

We are haveing a terrible time getting prints to match gamma corrected screens without doing a lot of expensive test printing!

 

Thanks!

[bavanor]

Currently I am using the X-rite xp pro. Which comes with a monaco optix calibration tool and software to make monitor, scanner and print profiles.

check it out here

http://www.chromix.com/colorgear/shop/productdetail.cxsa?toolid=1086&-session=tx:80C00E3E0f1d2114B7rxm109749A

 

But, I have always had problems calibrating to a HP printer, especially the 1050, 1000 series. The large epson printers are much easier to calibrate, imho.

 

Here is a site that goes over calibrating:

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

very technical but correct.

 

Another solution, would be to continue doing test prints but on a small scale, 8.5x11 first then go and print large when you got it right. But, who wants to do that.

 

Hope things work out.

 

Aaron

[bavanor]

I know it has been a while, but I just came across a great article on calibrating you monitor, and then going to print with calibration.

http://www.fotoespresso.com/

 

open the 06/17/2006 issue of fotoespresso. The whole issue is dedicated to color management for computers. Very easy to understand and even has a review of the Huey monitor profile device.

 

Aaron