David,
You should load the standard Viewsonic driver for your OS, and then follow the directions in this link from the User Guide
"The "Calibrating Your Monitor" section of the user guide (e.g., Adobe Illustrator 9.0 User Guide, pages 214-216; Adobe InDesign 1.0 User Guide, pages 301-302), gives you detailed instructions for preparing for monitor calibration, adjusting the settings, and saving the finished profile. If you don’t complete a step (e.g., making sure your monitor has been turned on for at least a half hour), your profile may not be accurate.
If you load an existing profile (e.g., Generic RGB Profile) and modify it in Adobe Gamma, be sure to change its Description (e.g., My monitor 10/22/99) so you can distinguish it from the original. It’s a good idea to enter the same name in the Description field and in the Save As dialog box that appears you finish using Adobe Gamma. Also, if you include the date in the name, you’ll know how long it’s been since you last calibrated the monitor.
Note: Flat panel display monitors (e.g., Apple Studio Display) do not use brightness and contrast. Instead, they use white point and black point levels to adjust the monitor’s characterization. Because of this, load the ICC profile that comes with your flat panel in Adobe Gamma without modifying the settings except the Description. Make sure to save your profile with a filename that matches the Description name."
The file name of your factory profile is VA720.icm , and it’s contained in the Standard Viewsonic driver.
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http://www.viewsonic.com/support/drivers/drivers.cfm?categor y=1&formName=monitor> is the download page for the drivers.
The general idea, if you don’t have a hardware calibration device, is to simply "massage" the factory profile with Adobe Gamma, to make it the system default monitor profile.
🙂
Brent
