Digital BW, The Print

Hi,
I do 95% of my work in BW, so this is only an issue for the occasional colour image - please excuse this as it is slightly OT.

I bought a ColourPlus Spyder, which is the home version of the Spyder. 

The problem is that it has created a pink cast on my monitor - surely this is not the way it should be.

If anyone has any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it. (I suspect I need to send it back for a replacement.)

thanks,
Richard
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   "Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better 
   off than those who try to do nothing and succeed."
   --Lloyd James

It's not unusual for the Spyder to make your monitor slightly more pink 
than you're used to. The question is whether your images match better 
than before or not.

Have you uninstalled Adobe Gamma and any other color calibration 
utilities that might interfere with the Spyder?

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no



Richard Smallfield wrote:

> Hi,
> I do 95% of my work in BW, so this is only an issue for the occasional colour image - please excuse this as it is slightly OT.
> 
> I bought a ColourPlus Spyder, which is the home version of the Spyder. 
> 
> The problem is that it has created a pink cast on my monitor - surely this is not the way it should be.
> 
> If anyone has any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it. (I suspect I need to send it back for a replacement.)

At 11:23 PM Monday 11/15/04, you wrote:
>It's not unusual for the Spyder to make your monitor slightly more pink 
>than you're used to. The question is whether your images match better 
>than before or not.

Well, as it happens, a couple of colour prints were excellent and my BW prints are definitely better - I just hadn't expected the pink hue.

>Have you uninstalled Adobe Gamma and any other color calibration 
>utilities that might interfere with the Spyder?

Yes, I have. I have a feeling I forgot to disable Norton AV before installing, but the installation went ahead ok.

thanks,
Richard

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http://smallfield.vze.com
http://photos.smallfield.vze.com

   "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING! Another 100 years 
   and we won't even care."
   --Narayani Diorio

A pinkish hue is a common complaint with hardware calibrated and
profiled monitors. I have no explanation. However I've never
experienced it myself so suspect a glitch.
I'd inform ColorVision tech support and see what they say. Sometimes,
problems are related to the Syder itself, which they will be quick to
replace if the case.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard
Smallfield <r.smallfield@p...> wrote:
> At 11:23 PM Monday 11/15/04, you wrote:
> >It's not unusual for the Spyder to make your monitor slightly more
pink 
> >than you're used to. The question is whether your images match better 
> >than before or not.
> 
> Well, as it happens, a couple of colour prints were excellent and my
BW prints are definitely better - I just hadn't expected the pink hue.
> 
> >Have you uninstalled Adobe Gamma and any other color calibration 
> >utilities that might interfere with the Spyder?
> 
> Yes, I have. I have a feeling I forgot to disable Norton AV before
installing, but the installation went ahead ok.

> 
> thanks,
> Richard
> 
> --
> http://smallfield.vze.com
> http://photos.smallfield.vze.com
> 
>    "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING! Another 100 years 
>    and we won't even care."
>    --Narayani Diorio

Norton AV should not interfere with the installer.
Adobe gamma or a hardware issue is a much more likley culprit.


--- Richard Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:

> At 11:23 PM Monday 11/15/04, you wrote:
> >It's not unusual for the Spyder to make your monitor slightly more
> pink 
> >than you're used to. The question is whether your images match
> better 
> >than before or not.
> >Have you uninstalled Adobe Gamma and any other color calibration 
> >utilities that might interfere with the Spyder?
> 
> Yes, I have. I have a feeling I forgot to disable Norton AV before
> installing, but the installation went ahead ok.

On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 13:32 +1300, Richard Smallfield wrote:
> At 11:23 PM Monday 11/15/04, you wrote:
> >It's not unusual for the Spyder to make your monitor slightly more pink 
> >than you're used to. The question is whether your images match better 
> >than before or not.
> 
> Well, as it happens, a couple of colour prints were excellent and my BW prints are definitely better - I just hadn't expected the pink hue.

Most monitors have a marked cool bias in their default state that needs
to get corrected for the prints to work out; if the color prints look
like the monitor the Spyder is doing what it needs to do and you'll get
used to it fast.  I frequently take my color corrected monitors for
granted, which gives a rude shock when I try looking at photographs on
not-so-adjusted monitors.

I love mine, saved me endless amounts of fiddling and the LCD on my
laptop all of a sudden can be used to proof prints.

Graham


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