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If you really want what comes out of your printer to match what you see onscreen,
then I don't want to have to be the one to tell you this, but…you absolutely,
You Have to C a lib ra te
You r Moni tor B e fore
You Go A ny Fu r th e r
positively have to calibrate your monitor using a hardware calibrator. The good
news is that you have to buy a hardware calibrator. With hardware calibration,
news is that today it's an absolutely simple, totally automated process. The bad
it's measuring your actual monitor and building an accurate profile for the
exact monitor you're using, and yes—it makes that big a difference.
Step One:
I use Datacolor's Spyder4ELITE hardware
color calibrator (around $249 street price),
because it's simple, affordable, and a lot
of the pros I know have moved over to it.
So, I'm going to use it as an example here,
but it's not necessary to get this same one,
because they all work fairly similarly. You
start by installing the software that comes
with the Spyder4ELITE. Then, plug the
Spyder4ELITE sensor into your computer's
USB port and launch the software, which
brings up the main window (seen here).
You follow the “wizard,” which asks you
a couple of simple questions (stuff like,
“Is this the first time you've calibrated your
monitor using Spyder4ELITE?” Or, maybe,
“What's the capital of Nebraska?”), and
then it does the rest.
Step Two:
Start by clicking the Next button in the
bottom right, and the window you see
here will appear. If you're new to calibrat-
ing your monitor, I recommend using the
Step-by-Step Assistant (which is already
selected by default), so at this point just
click the Next button again.
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