Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On Nov 12, 2009, at 11:02 AM, bill@... wrote:

> I installed the Spyder3 Elite using Windows XP Service Pak 3. The  
> monitor that was calibrated is a Samsung 21 inch LCD SyncMaster  
> 2443BWX.
>
> I took a known image and printed it using two different monitors.  
> The images were placed on the same piece of Epson Lustre paper.
>
> The two images do not match each other. One is much more green and  
> the other is almost right on.

Unless you made adjustments to two copies of the test image, one on  
each screen, until the two matched visually, then your description  
doesn't make much sense. Simply bringing a test image up on a screen  
does nothing to effect the image; I can display the same test image on  
two screens that look very different, yet it will print identically in  
both cases.
>
> So, have i done something wrong. The images were printed using CS4  
> and I must admit confusion might have caused this. I do have a  
> slight learning disability that hit me when I was 61.
>
> I found the documentation lacking and had to "wing" it's first use.  
> Where do I place the profile for the monitor? Does it go in    
> COLOR / SETTINGS / WORKING SPACES and do I set the paper in the  
> Epson Pre-print Setup pages? or do I set the paper in CS4?

The display profile is automatically saved to the correct folder, and  
automatically used. You DO NOT set anything is Photoshop to the  
display setting, doing that would be incorrect, and cause unintended  
inaccuracies. Paper has nothing to do with it in terms of the display  
profile. There you would be talking about a printer profile, which is  
a separate issue, and not covered by Elite; if you wish to build  
custom printer profiles, that would require Spyder3Print or  
Spyder3Print SR.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...



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