Monitor calibration

chizuck

I don't know if this is the right place for this, so please move it if so. I need to calibrate my monitor so my prints come out right but I can't afford the software/hardware and the simple online stuff is not cutting it. I have a toshiba laptop with intel graphics and was hoping someone had a profile I could get. I am just tired of getting pics nice on my screen then can't print them.

thanks for your time
chuck

Professional

It is really difficult to help you in this case.
First, what is your printer?
Second, why you can't afford any of monitor calibration device, there are many choices, some are a bit cheap and some are expensive, what is your budget?

I printed many prints out of my Mac laptop and all of them are excellent perfect results, i have Spyder3Studio calibration, i didn't print before i calibrated my monitor to see if i have any difference before and after calibration.

The best thing is to adjust or use Windows graphics Calibration, so if that doesn't work then i don't know we can help about getting your colors right and correct for your print.

iotashan

Perhaps you're not familiar with all the options:

http://www.amazon.com/Pantone-MEU101-huey/dp/B000CR78C4

I've had good luck with my Huey.

Shan

Qarik

chizuck wrote:

I don't know if this is the right place for this, so please move it if so. I need to calibrate my monitor so my prints come out right but I can't afford the software/hardware and the simple online stuff is not cutting it. I have a toshiba laptop with intel graphics and was hoping someone had a profile I could get. I am just tired of getting pics nice on my screen then can't print them.

thanks for your time
chuck

The problem is that every lap top screen is not going to be the same. Somone else profile may not work on yours. Imo If you can't afford to HW calibration on your monitor (it's <$100) AND your photos need to come out "right" then you really can't afford to be printing.

Tee Why

IMO, I think a calibrator is needed.
I'd recommend a Huey Pantone, as it's pretty cheap and easy to use.

BradfordBenn

Have you read this thread? http://www.smugmug.com/help/display-color

It worked really well for me.

TangoJuliet

I think I saw on one of the rental company sites (borrowlenses.com has the Spyder3) that you can rent one of the monitor calibration tools from, which seems like the best idea to me.

System

Notebook? Mmmh.
I think you may have returning difficulties when using a laptop/notebook to process your pictures. Even if you calibrate it, the angle from which you look onto your screen is guaranteed grief - I've punished myself like that for almost two years, until I eventually got me a second monitor. And yes, I use a huey on that one, which is fine.
If you can't /won't afford a new screen, try to get a used one - which is still better than nothing.

Mon

ziggy53

felisalpina wrote:

I think you may have returning difficulties when using a laptop/notebook to process your pictures. Even if you calibrate it, the angle from which you look onto your screen is guaranteed grief - I've punished myself like that for almost two years, until I eventually got me a second monitor. And yes, I use a huey on that one, which is fine.
If you can't /won't afford a new screen, try to get a used one - which is still better than nothing.

Mon

Felisalpina (Mon), welcome to the Digital Grin.

Thanks for your comments.