Monitor calibration

mcgoo2007

I've just bought myself a Toshiba A100 notebook, which I intend to use primarily for Photoshop CS2.

My prints are coming out with much stronger saturation that when I view them on the monitor. When I view the pic on my pc at work the saturation is the same as the prints.

The colour correction options on the lap top are:

(a) Gama: 1 - 5, set as 1 for default
(b) Brightness: -60 - 100, set at 0 for default
(c) Contrast: 40 : 100, set at 50 as default

Try as I might, I can't get the screen to match the print using these controls.

I have seen on other threads that Abobe Gamma can be of help for calibration but I'm not having much joy with that either. I'm using the default sRGB IEC61966-2.1 colour profile, the gamma is set to 2.2 and the white point is set to 6500.

Anyone have any suggestions?

mathias

The only thing I could suggest is a hardware calibrator such as this ,

http://www.colorvision.ch/products/prod_spyder2express.php

Be warned though , that it may not work as your screen may not have the range of adjustments required , but at least you'll know that it cant be done if thats the case , the unit is 85 € ( ex VAT) ,
I have used one on my LCD screen ( samsung 930 ) and it worked a treat , however I have never tried it on a laptop as mine is just a cheap thing used for a quick review of photos in the field and not editing.
It does say that it can manage laptops though !!

rabbitinlights

is the screen at work an LCD?

mcgoo2007

Yep, and a fairly cheap one at that...