Re: Monitor calibration software for OS9 computer
Re: Monitor calibration software for OS9 computer
- Subject: Re: Monitor calibration software for OS9 computer
- From: Rob Lancefield on lists <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:03 -0400
...and if you wanted to hack this one tiny step further, you might swap
the OS 9 machine's video card out to the OS X machine when you create
the profile, then back into the OS 9 box--or if you're running, say, a
G4 or thereabouts, you might achieve the same end (characterization of
the display and the video card) by booting into OS X to profile, and
then into OS 9 to load profile and drive the scanner. Maybe there's a
sweet spot of PowerPC hardware that could work with your scanner when
booted into OS 9, as well recent OS X (10.4?) for calibration....
Rob
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On 9/17/2009 2:08 PM, Marco Ugolini wrote:
Mike Boden wrote:
I'm sad to say, but my Sony Artisan has died. So I'm in the market for a new monitor. But I'm not actually seeking advice regarding this decision.
Instead, my question revolves around how to calibrate the new monitor on an old computer, which is an Apple with OS9 that I use to run my Howtek 4500 drum scanner with Trident. Up until now, I was using the software and colorimeter that came with the Artisan, but that won't be the case anymore. So I'm stuck. I haven't been able to find any software/hardware combination that is OS9 compatible. Can anyone offer some suggestions?
You could try this (but I don't guarantee it will work):
Calibrate and profile your monitor while connected to a Macintosh running Mac OS X; then connect the same monitor to your Mac running OS 9; copy the monitor profile from OS X onto the Mac with OS 9, place it in the ColorSync folder and activate it.
As long as (1) you don't make any changes to the OSD settings on the monitor and (2) your monitor profile is v2 (not v4), it might just work.
Marco Ugolini
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