How do I set external monitor to work with my G4 iMac?

I just bought a 22" Proview LCD monitor to use with my iMac b/c it's monitor is pretty much gone. It did not work for six months, then came on for 1 day and went out again.
Long story short, since I've hooked up the new monitor when I print in iPhoto the pictures come out too dark and the color is not what it used to be.
How do I fix it so my monitor's calibrations match the original? Or, whatever I need to do to fix it.
I print a lot of pictures and I need this to work correctly.
Thanks.

Snoot, welcome, your new monitor just needs to be calibrated. From the finder under the Apple scroll down to System Preferences, Click the Desktop & Screen Saver icon and set the desktop picture to a Medium Gray.. You can change this back when you are done. Now go back by clicking Show All and click the Displays icon, then choose Display in the upper tabs and set your preferred resolution. Set your monitor brightness at about medium (if there is one) and at Colors choose Millions. Now choose Color from the upper tab and select Calibrate. Choose Expert Mode at the introduction and follow the on screen instructions. After making all of the Hue,Value and Saturation adjustments your must save the setting back to the Display profile.
Also some applications have monitor selection in there preferences, so just make sure that you choose your present Display Profile for that particular application.
Joe
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