Try looking at:

http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html

It explains what needs to be done and why and also lists linux tools to help.

On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 14:15 -0400, Gracia M. Littauer wrote:

I tried SuSE list...no answer. Since art/photos need good/correct color for printing I'll try here. Best way to calibrate a new LCD monitor using linux OS

Gracia M. Littauer wrote:

I tried SuSE list...no answer. Since art/photos need good/correct color for printing I'll try here. Best way to calibrate a new LCD monitor using linux OS

To the best of my knowledge, there's nothing like eye-one or other color calibration feedback system available for linux. You should go here for good background http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html. You can also check out http://www.pcbypaul.com/software/monica.html which is a basic one for linux. You calibrate your gamma and black levels.

jim

* Gracia M. Littauer [09-13-06 14:15]:

I tried SuSE list...no answer. Since art/photos need good/correct color for printing I'll try here. Best way to calibrate a new LCD monitor using linux OS

Personal Settings Configure Desktop -> Peripherals -> Display -> Monitor Gamma

HELP exists.

On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:22, jim feldman wrote:

Gracia M. Littauer wrote:
To the best of my knowledge, there's nothing like eye-one or other color calibration feedback system available for linux. You should go here for

There are some devices supported by Argyll CMS, however, these are probably more expensive than you may be willing to pay.

I use eye-one display 2 to calibrate the LCD and CRT in MS Windows and then use the Argyll's dispwin utility to load the calibration profile in linux (xcalib does the same).

Presumably, this should work fine - but I do not have tools to verify.

On 9/15/06, Gracia M. Littauer wrote:

Thanks,,,sounds good to me. Money is meant to buy thing that work & make life enjoyable.

We will hold you to that, when the GIMP need money

Some sites I used when I was calibrating my monitors, printer and scanner, was

http://users.dslextreme.com/~craig.lawson/linux_notes/color.html

http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/6635/print

http://beesbuzz.biz/art/tutorials/gamma.php

and the other links posted before by Jim

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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:15:12 -0400 "Gracia M. Littauer" wrote:

I tried SuSE list...no answer. Since art/photos need good/correct color for printing I'll try here. Best way to calibrate a new LCD monitor using linux OS

Have you looked at http://sourceforge.net/projects/lprof

Owen