CALIBRATE LAPTOP WITH PSC2

I have just bought a new Dell laptop, the screen is bright, and I am having trouble with calibration, at the moment what I see on the screen, is not what I get when printing. I have worked on some B & W photos and each one had a different cast on them.

I was offered "spider" to see if that would help things, but unfortunately this laptop do not have controls for the screen.

Can anyone help me with solving this problem please.

Moira

If you can't control the screen then there is no way to calibrate it.

"Moira Riddell" wrote in message

I have just bought a new Dell laptop, the screen is bright, and I am

having

trouble with calibration, at the moment what I see on the screen, is not what I get when printing. I have worked on some B & W photos and each one had a different cast on them.

I was offered "spider" to see if that would help things, but unfortunately this laptop do not have controls for the screen.

Can anyone help me with solving this problem please.

Moira

"Moira Riddell" wrote in message

I have just bought a new Dell laptop, the screen is bright, and I am having trouble with calibration, at the moment what I see on the screen, is not what I get when printing. I have worked on some B & W photos and each one had a different cast on them.

I was offered "spider" to see if that would help things, but unfortunately this laptop do not have controls for the screen.

Can anyone help me with solving this problem please.

Hello Moira,

I use a cheapo Dell latitude which uses an Intel Extreme graphics chip, which comes with several preloaded profiles. See if you have something similar.
Right click on an empty part of your desktop and select properties. Then try Settings >Advanced>Colour Management >Add and choose your profile (AdobeRGB1998?) from the list. It isn't perfect but I only use it for showing on, not for printing from.
My mate uses a slightly more expensive one with a calibrated CRT monitor wired up to the back of his for mission critical work.

Regards

Mike H

Hi Moira,

I also just bought a Dell laptop recently. I also bought a calibration package for it. What I used was "Monaco Systems EZcolor Software & MonacoOptix XR Hardware Color Profiling Bundle" which I found on Amazon.com for about $300US. In about an hour I had the laptop calibrated along with my desktop machine with excellent results. Even with the limited adjustments that I have for the laptop, it did a great job on the calibration. It has a colorimeter which actually reads the screen output and bases the profile on the measurements.

--

Mark

"... nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."
-- Ross Macdonald,
Author of "The Drowning Pool" & other crime/mystery novels

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:58:18 -0000, "Moira Riddell" wrote:

I have just bought a new Dell laptop, the screen is bright, and I am having trouble with calibration, at the moment what I see on the screen, is not what I get when printing. I have worked on some B & W photos and each one had a different cast on them.

I was offered "spider" to see if that would help things, but unfortunately this laptop do not have controls for the screen.

Can anyone help me with solving this problem please.

Moira

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:58:18 -0000, "Moira Riddell" wrote:

I have just bought a new Dell laptop, the screen is bright, and I am having trouble with calibration, at the moment what I see on the screen, is not what I get when printing. I have worked on some B & W photos and each one had a different cast on them.

I was offered "spider" to see if that would help things, but unfortunately this laptop do not have controls for the screen.

Can anyone help me with solving this problem please.

Moira

I have a cheap Dell laptop also, and I used the Spider to calibrate it. Thing is, I don't use the laptop to print from, but instead, use my home computer to print from, and that is calibrated with the Monaco system. (I have both the Monaco and the Pantone calibration packages.)
My home computer has custom made profiles, so that might be what you need. I use Cathy's profiles to get my printer to print out accurate prints, so you might want to check out her site. She only charges $40 for her profiles, and that's relatively cheap. Her site can be found at http://www.cathysprofiles.com/ Just remember....you will need a profile for every type of paper you print on, so I would suggest that you figure out what type of paper you use the most, and use that to print out her profiles.
I liked her service so much, that I just ordered a new profile for my new Kodak 1400 Pro printer. Her profiles for my HP 7550 printer were perfect, which is why I went back to her service for my new printer.
One thing to keep in mind, inkjet printers are notorious for color mismatch problems with what you see onscreen and what your printer prints out.

Talker

But how does work? I don't seem to have any controls for Inspiron 9400 for the screen. I did use a friend's spider and it went through the motions, but when it came to adjusting the colours, they couldn't be adjusted!

Moira

I have copied your Monaco Systems and will investigate, I haven't heard of them, so they may not be in the UK.

"Mark" wrote in message

Hi Moira,

I also just bought a Dell laptop recently. I also bought a calibration package
for it. What I used was "Monaco Systems EZcolor Software & MonacoOptix XR Hardware Color Profiling Bundle" which I found on Amazon.com for about $300US.
In about an hour I had the laptop calibrated along with my desktop machine with
excellent results. Even with the limited adjustments that I have for the laptop, it did a great job on the calibration. It has a colorimeter which actually reads the screen output and bases the profile on the measurements.

--

Mark

"... nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."
-- Ross Macdonald,
Author of "The Drowning Pool" & other crime/mystery novels

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:58:18 -0000, "Moira Riddell"
wrote:

I have just bought a new Dell laptop, the screen is bright, and I am having
trouble with calibration, at the moment what I see on the screen, is not what I get when printing. I have worked on some B & W photos and each one had a different cast on them.

I was offered "spider" to see if that would help things, but unfortunately this laptop do not have controls for the screen.

Can anyone help me with solving this problem please.

Moira

Thank you for taking the time to help me. I have noted Cathy's website. As a rule I have a Canon DSLR, Canon printer, and use canon inks, and Canon papers,

Moira

"Talker" wrote in message

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:58:18 -0000, "Moira Riddell" wrote:

I have just bought a new Dell laptop, the screen is bright, and I am having
trouble with calibration, at the moment what I see on the screen, is not what I get when printing. I have worked on some B & W photos and each one had a different cast on them.

I was offered "spider" to see if that would help things, but unfortunately this laptop do not have controls for the screen.

Can anyone help me with solving this problem please.

Moira

I have a cheap Dell laptop also, and I used the Spider to calibrate it. Thing is, I don't use the laptop to print from, but instead, use my home computer to print from, and that is calibrated with the Monaco system. (I have both the Monaco and the Pantone calibration packages.)
My home computer has custom made profiles, so that might be what you need. I use Cathy's profiles to get my printer to print out accurate prints, so you might want to check out her site. She only charges $40 for her profiles, and that's relatively cheap. Her site can be found at http://www.cathysprofiles.com/ Just remember....you will need a profile for every type of paper you print on, so I would suggest that you figure out what type of paper you use the most, and use that to print out her profiles.
I liked her service so much, that I just ordered a new profile for my new Kodak 1400 Pro printer. Her profiles for my HP 7550 printer were perfect, which is why I went back to her service for my new printer.
One thing to keep in mind, inkjet printers are notorious for color mismatch problems with what you see onscreen and what your printer prints out.

Talker