Calibrated, but too much contrast? Cinema Display 30"

Hello,
I have a 30" Cinema Display at work an love it, but things have started to go a bit strange and I'm afraid something is off.
When I calibrate it (using apples built in tool) I have to peg the first two steps almost all the way to the bottom to get the apple logo to vanish, and after completing the calibration everything is VERY high contrast.
The logos in the doc are so contrasty and dark they are practically screaming!
I am using the monitor for processing images for print, so I'm really afraid I'm going to make some real mistakes here. I normally use apple's standard gamma, but switched to native because the image is a little lighter.
I'm hoping for some suggestions or advice, I'm at a loss!
Thanks for your help!
Message was edited by: the princess consort

Go into System Preferences/Universal Access and, under the Seeing tab, check that the Contrast slider is all the way to the left (Normal).

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