Much to my chagrine, it looks like I'm going to have to hemorhage even more money out of my bank account for a new display(s). I was really hoping that my new 2200 printer would work perfectly with my monitor the first time I tried it. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case. The color tones see to be a perfect match, but the print comes out much lighter than what is on my screen. So, the mess that I tried to "hide" in the shadows is showing up on my prints.
I was hoping that since what I see on my monitor and the prints that I've gotten back from Ofoto match perfectly, that my monitor was actually OK.
Well, I'm not so sure any more. And I can't do much about calibrating the brightness/contrast on my monitor since those buttons stopped working about two years ago.
In the past week, I've determined that my monitor does not show any difference in the lowest 10% shades of gray! Doh! It is about 7 years old and I know it's probably time for a new one, but aside from the shadows, everything else seems to be working fine.
So, I'm trying to decide what my best route to remedying this situation will be:
1. Buy MonacoEZcolor to calibrate my monitor as best I can (using just my "eye" to calibrate), then calibrate the scanner input and printer output. I think I need to calibrate the scanner and printer anyway, so I should probably just bite the bullet and spend the $200 for the software ($100 off retail as a special offer to 2200 owners).
2. Buy the MonacoEZcolor bundle including the MonacoSENSOR colorimeter and use it to produce an ICC profile my current CRT monitor. Would the colorimeter pick up that my monitor is not showing the lowest 10% shades in the shadows and account for that in the ICC profile it creates?
3. Buy MonacoEZcolor (without colorimeter) and a new display (or two?) I can't imagine going from a 21" display (which has been a homeloan from my husband's workplace) to a 17" - but perhaps a 19" would do. (If you can't tell, I'm trying to be frugal here. But, I also don't want to get something that I'm not going to be happy with.)
4. MonacoEZcolor with two displays. My husband would love for me to get an LCD, but with the exception of the Wacam Cintiq, I haven't found an LCD monitor that I like because of the limited viewing angles and the amount I squirm in my chair - thus changing my viewing angle often.
But, I was then wondering about getting a 15" LCD with a 17" CRT. (I've got a video card which will support this.) I would use the LCD for e-mail/word processing and the CRT for my photo work, putting the palettes and tool bars on the LCD to maximize the space I have for working on a photo.
Does anyone know if Windows will recognize a different ICC profile for each display?
4. MonacoEZcolor with the colorimeter for either of scenarios 3 or 4.
Does anyone have any words of advice/wisdom as I work through this decision process? Is there another (cheaper) solution that I just haven't thought about yet?
Thanks, Jeanie

Well, I'm not so sure any more. And I can't do much about calibrating the brightness/contrast on my monitor since those buttons stopped working about two years ago.

So, I'm trying to decide what my best route to remedying this situation will be:
1. Buy MonacoEZcolor to calibrate my monitor as best I can (using just my "eye" to calibrate), then calibrate the scanner input and printer output. I think I need to calibrate the scanner and printer anyway, so I should probably just bite the bullet and spend the $200 for the software ($100 off retail as a special offer to 2200 owners).
2. Buy the MonacoEZcolor bundle including the MonacoSENSOR colorimeter and use it to produce an ICC profile my current CRT monitor. Would the colorimeter pick up that my monitor is not showing the lowest 10% shades in the shadows and account for that in the ICC profile it creates?
3. Buy MonacoEZcolor (without colorimeter) and a new display (or two?) I can't imagine going from a 21" display (which has been a homeloan from my husband's workplace) to a 17" - but perhaps a 19" would do. (If you can't tell, I'm trying to be frugal here. But, I also don't want to get something that I'm not going to be happy with.)
4. MonacoEZcolor with two displays. My husband would love for me to get an LCD, but with the exception of the Wacam Cintiq, I haven't found an LCD monitor that I like because of the limited viewing angles and the amount I squirm in my chair - thus changing my viewing angle often.
But, I was then wondering about getting a 15" LCD with a 17" CRT. (I've got a video card which will support this.) I would use the LCD for e-mail/word processing and the CRT for my photo work, putting the palettes and tool bars on the LCD to maximize the space I have for working on a photo.
Does anyone know if Windows will recognize a different ICC profile for each display?
4. MonacoEZcolor with the colorimeter for either of scenarios 3 or 4.
Does anyone have any words of advice/wisdom as I work through this decision process? Is there another (cheaper) solution that I just haven't thought about yet?
Thanks, Jeanie
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