Damien Symonds Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 < Go back to the previous step << Go back to the beginning Select Display Hopefully the Spyder has detected you have multiple screens. It should show them in this list: The very first time you do this, it might not know the names of your screens at this stage. They'll just be marked "Generic 1" and "Generic 2" as you see in my screenshot. There is an option to name them, but I never bother, because you'll see in a few steps' time it will magically know their names after all. So choose the one you intend to calibrate. Click to read detailed instructions The "Generic" numbers will align to the numbers that your operating system already recognises. If you have a laptop with an external screen plugged in, the laptop screen will definitely be "1" and the desktop screen will definitely be "2". If you have a desktop computer with two screens attached, it might not be as obvious. But you can check in your Displays control panel. For example, here's what my Windows 10 control panel tells me: It will tell you that it is moving the Spyder window to the screen you've chosen. Continue >> Link to comment
Yvonn.ie Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Hi Damien I've just got a new monitor, a Dell U2722DE. The display looks significantly different to my calibrated laptop (though I am overdue recalibration on that). It's brighter, warmer AND my laptop now looks crazy magenta by comparison (a hat-trick yay). So I'm calibrating the new screen following these instructions. However, at this point, it doesn't recognize that I have two screens on and plugged in. Does that matter, since I'm mainly after calibration this new screen vs my prints? I intend to make sure everything matches afterwards obviously..! thanks Link to comment
Yvonn.ie Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 also, any idea which of the LED backlight technologies this uses? I can't find the answer in the manual! thanks Link to comment
Damien Symonds Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 11:02 AM, Yvonn.ie said: Hi Damien I've just got a new monitor, a Dell U2722DE. The display looks significantly different to my calibrated laptop (though I am overdue recalibration on that). It's brighter, warmer AND my laptop now looks crazy magenta by comparison (a hat-trick yay). So I'm calibrating the new screen following these instructions. However, at this point, it doesn't recognize that I have two screens on and plugged in. Does that matter, since I'm mainly after calibration this new screen vs my prints? I intend to make sure everything matches afterwards obviously..! Expand Can you check that you've got it set up correctly? https://www.damiensymonds.net/working-with-dual-screens-windows-10/ Link to comment
Damien Symonds Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 11:14 AM, Yvonn.ie said: also, any idea which of the LED backlight technologies this uses? I can't find the answer in the manual! thanks Expand Looks like Standard LED, from my googling. Link to comment
tiffmcc Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 What if it doesn't recognize that you have two screens and keeps forcing the software onto the screen I'm not trying to calibrate at the moment? Link to comment
Damien Symonds Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 4/25/2023 at 8:48 PM, tiffmcc said: What if it doesn't recognize that you have two screens and keeps forcing the software onto the screen I'm not trying to calibrate at the moment? Expand How annoying! Can you give me more info? What are the makes and models of the two screens? Link to comment
tiffmcc Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 4/25/2023 at 8:50 PM, Damien Symonds said: How annoying! Can you give me more info? What are the makes and models of the two screens? Expand I'm trying to calibrate a Dell UltraSharp U2422H. I also have an HP 2011xi connected to the computer. It keeps bouncing the software to the HP even when I start it on the Dell. Link to comment
Damien Symonds Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Which one is the primary screen? Link to comment
tiffmcc Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 4/25/2023 at 8:53 PM, Damien Symonds said: Which one is the primary screen? Expand The HP, but it does the same thing even if I make the Dell primary. Link to comment
Damien Symonds Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Can you temporarily unplug the HP? Link to comment
tiffmcc Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 On 4/25/2023 at 8:57 PM, Damien Symonds said: Can you temporarily unplug the HP? Expand I'll give that a try later. After almost an hour of messing around with it, I'm out of time for the moment. Link to comment
tiffmcc Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Temporarily unplugging the HP got the job done. Thanks! 1 Link to comment
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