Amy Claire Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 I cant get my screen to match my prints. I have honestly tried everything and multiple printing places. It is a new desktop screen. The problem I am having is i can get a close match with my colour prints but not my black and white. I need there to be a blue tinge to the black and whites but then I lose the white colour. My whites all turn blue or green. Not sure if this is making sense. I have the spyder5elite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Oh, alas, this is not uncommon. Even very good screens can be troublesome for BW matching. What screen is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Claire Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to respond I have been unwell. I have an ASUS VX279H-W LCD Monitor. I'm about ready to throw it all in the bin I am so frustrated. No matter what i do i can't get it to match my prints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 You mentioned it's a new screen. Is it also a new computer? Or did you get this screen to replace a previous screen on your existing computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Claire Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 No I am using the screen plugged into my samsung laptop. I plan on upgrading the laptop as soon as I can afford it. In the meantime I brought the desktop screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Oh, right, I understand. How's your calibration of the laptop screen? Has it always worked ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Claire Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 No Ive never managed to calibrate my laptop properly either, but I havent reied too much as I was focusing on the desktop screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 In your Display Control Panel, do you have the desktop screen set to "Extend"? I just need to check you don't have it on "Duplicate" because that never works for calibration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Claire Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yes it is on extend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Terrific. We need to try to eliminate "faulty calibrator" from our list of possibilities. Do you have any other computers (preferably desktop ones) in the house you can try calibrating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Claire Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 My husband has another laptop but unfortunately this is the only monitor in the house. If I want to do a full re-calibration on my laptop how to I get back to the original colour settings of my screen. I can't just re-calibrate over this display profile can I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yes, that's all it requires. However, to be very thorough, it mightn't be a bad idea to do this first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Claire Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 So Iv'e spent 4 hours trying to calibrate my husbands laptop with no success. No matter what setting I choose the screen wont match the prints. Is this likely an issue with my calibrator? To try and get my colours close to matching the white in the screen turns blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Just now, Amy Claire said: To try and get my colours close to matching the white in the screen turns blue. That certainly does sound similar to the original problem you described? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Claire Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yes, could it be my prints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 No, I think it sounds like it could be the calibrator, if the problem is common between two unrelated computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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