Color calibration of monitors?

[Jay Carroll]

This is not a bug, but a technical inquiry.

Has anyone considered using a device like the Pantone Huey MEU101 to maintain a consistent monitor color balance between scribe and QA monitors? The device is about $90 US and one would only be needed per center. Seems to me a device like this would help with maintaining proper saturation and matching color. Any thoughts?

[paul.n (paul-n)]

Hi Jay,

Great suggestion. We have thought about doing this in the past but have never found a linux compatible solution. The Pantone Huey MEU101, for example, works only with Windows or OSX systems.

Adding a monitor calibration tool to to our center's would certainly add some confidence in our camera/qa/processes...

Would you mind looking into Ubuntu/Linux compatible options? When I checked a few months ago, I didn't come up with anything.

Thanks,

Paul

[Jay Carroll (scanner-jay-carroll)]

I'm a mediocre Linux user, so when a Linux forum member claims he or she can use the Huey through complex commands, I can't verify this. Pantone doesn't claim Linux compatibility, so I'll assume it doesn't work with Linux unless I'm a Linux guru. If Huey is compatible with Linux as some users claim, this is better dealt with by our engineers I expect. I'll keep an eye out for one that works.