Digital BW, The Print

Hello everyone,

Is it necessary to use a spectrophotometer to get accurate results? I
have a calibrated 23" monitor and I'm using UT7 inks along with QTR on
my Epson 2200. So far I've just used the canned profiles that came
along with QTR, but my prints don't exactly match the monitor. In an
effort to calibrate the ICC profiles, I'm finding that I may need the
aforementioned piece of hardware. It's pricey so I'm trying to avoid
it. Is there another way? I've read (and tried) Paul Roark's method of
using a flatbed scanner, but to no avail .... I get an error message
that ends with "The Lab values are not in order. Cannot make a profile."

It's probably something I'm doing, but .... is there another way to
match print to screen that I'm not using? Or is there a manual
somewhere that lays this all out a little more clearly. I admit that
I'm a little confused by all the options. What I'm trying to do (I
guess) is linearize the canned profiles to something that matches my
monitor a little more accurately.

Any tips?

Pat