Colour Calibration HP-LP2475w

[tompop]

Hey hey,

Had the HP-LP2475w for a while now and in general I'm really pleased with it. However, in my work as a graphic designer I'm having issues with difference of colours between my monitor and what is printed (eg, sky blues priting as mint greens).

Can anyone recommend a good (cheapish) calibration system to remedy this?

cheers.

Tom

 

[MauveCloud]

How low do you consider "cheapish"? You can get a LaCie Blue Eye Pro for around $300, or an X-Rite i1 Display 2 for around $200.

 

[tompop]

Probably about £100-£200 (so I guess $200-$400). Have you any experience with either? Thoughts?

 

[MauveCloud]

I've got a Blue Eye Pro, and it's fairly easy to use. I can't speak of personal experience with other colorimeters for comparison, but TFT Central still uses the software that comes with it for calibrating the monitors they review, although for hardware they use the much more expensive X-rite i1 Pro spectrophotometer. They have reviews of several other calibrators that you could look at.

However, the LaCie Blue Eye Pro is a little over your stated budget - the best UK price I found is £205.84 inc. VAT here:
http://www.businessdirect.bt.com/products/lacie-blue-eye-2-calibrator-3JWC.html

 

[tompop]

Thanks for that, I will look into it in more detail. Cheers.