Pantone Color Calibrator W540

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Since I´ve installed Windows 8.1 I have a problem with Pantone Color Calibrator. No screen is found. **bleep**? It doesn´t see my laptops screen. i tried to reinstall the program but it doesn´t help. What the solution? Thanks
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I had this problem. I solved it by downloading the appropriate nvidia video drivers from the lenovo website and running them this way (installing both the nvidia and intel drivers separately) - downloading via the lenovo solution centre and system update software did not lead to the video drivers being installed correctly after the Windows 8.1 update, for some reason?

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Pantone Color Calibrator Will Not Launch

I have a ThinkPad W530 with color sensor and Pantone Color Calibrator. It has worked just fine since I got the computer brand-new over a year ago. For the last week or so, my color calibrator has failed to launch when I click on the "ThinkPad Display needs to be re-profiled" notification. I get the spinning icon, but after a few moments it just disappears. I've tried doing a restore, and chosen a time-point before I think this happened. But the system refuses to go back to that restore point because it "can't find a file." What the ????? I have not deleted any files from the system folders, I can only believe that one of my automatic updates has screwed this up. Of course, the message does not tell me what *kind* of file is missing.
I'm attempting a download and re-install of the Pantone Color Calibrator Program
pantone_color_calibrator_setup_v1_2_0_6455.exe from this page: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS015010.
Hoping that will work, but has anyone else encountered this issue? And what did it turn out to be?
I'll report back on the results of the re-install, and thanks for any pother assistance.
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Well, what the Color Calibrator program really does is to create an ICC profile for your monitor, and you can manually set each profile you've created by:
Right clicking on your desktop - select Screen Resolution - Advanced Settings and finally the Color Management Tab.
In the Color Management window, you can see all the ICC profiles that have been created by the Color Calibrator, as well as the default ICC profile for the ThinkPad LCD. You can add remove these at your own leisure.
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W701 with Pantone Color Calibrator Program

Hi all,
I read, that for the ThinkPad W520, W530, W540 is a newer color-calibration-program "Pantone Color Calibrator".
The W701 isn't remarked as a compatible system, which I find a little bit strange.
At the official driver-download of the W701 isn't any color-caliobration program.
I has an old version of Huey-Pro, which is a very old version only for WIndows 7, but also runs under Windows 8.1 - sometimes with some problems.
Therefore my question:
Does anybody know, if the newer Pantone Color Calibrator also runs with the W701?
Thanks a lot,
Klaus Zaeper
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I tested it now:
The Pantone Color Calibrator program doesn't work with the Lenovo W701 Color-Sensor.
So you've to use the Huey Pro-Program (marked as compatibel on WIndows 7, but is also working under WIndows 8.1), downloadable from the official Lenovo-driver-site.

Pantone Color Calibrator Program Version 1.1.0 is available (15 Aug 2012)

Pantone Color Calibrator Program Version 1.1.0 (15 Aug 2012)
Version 1.1.0 build 6196
Updated version.
Thinkvantage Update does not know about it (yet).
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS015010
Pantone Color Calibrator is a software application designed to work with the embedded color sensor inside select Lenovo laptop models. Together, this software and color sensor combination can calibrate your laptop to ensure that the color in your images is displayed accurately.
Hardware requirements:
- Must have an embedded or external color sensor.
- Can be integrated or used with a USB color sensor device.
Supported ThinkPad system:
- W520, W530
Supported operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit, 64-bit
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Professional
W520 4270CTO i7-2820QM Quadro2000M 1920x1080 Display 16GB RAM 2x240GB Intel 510 SSDs (RAID 0) - BIOS 1.42 - PCMark7:4,568
Samsung Series 9 15-inch NP900X4C-A03US - PCMark7: 4674

Don't get your hopes up too high that this version will yield a better calibration of the FHD panel. The calibration result on 6500K still has a greenish cast on my two systems. I ound up using another user's profile that was created with an external calibrator. The results are much, much better than the ones developed with the Pantone 1.1 program.
W520, i7-2820QM, BIOS 1.42, 1920x1080 FHD, 32 GB RAM, 2000M NVIDIA GPU, Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD, Crucial M550 mSata 512GB, WD 2TB USB 3.0, eSata Plextor PX-LB950UE BluRay
W520, i7-2760QM, BIOS 1.42 1920x1080 FHD, 32 GB RAM, 1000M NVIDIA GPU, Crucial M500 480GB mSata SSD, Hitachi 500GB HDD, WD 2TB USB 3.0

New Pantone Color Calibrator posted

New version 1.1 posted for W520.
W520, i7-2820QM, BIOS 1.42, 1920x1080 FHD, 32 GB RAM, 2000M NVIDIA GPU, Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD, Crucial M550 mSata 512GB, WD 2TB USB 3.0, eSata Plextor PX-LB950UE BluRay
W520, i7-2760QM, BIOS 1.42 1920x1080 FHD, 32 GB RAM, 1000M NVIDIA GPU, Crucial M500 480GB mSata SSD, Hitachi 500GB HDD, WD 2TB USB 3.0
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I agree that using the native white point of the display with the built-in color sensor and Pantone software is a lot closer to correct than using 6500K, but then you don't even know what white point it's actually calibrated to. This matters quite a bit if you're doing color-critical graphics/photography work.
The most obvious difference of the profile I posted is a lessening of the blue channel, but the entire display gamut has been corrected for color accuracy, gamma, and luminance. You need to be working in a color-managed application to really get the full benefit of this though (eg Photoshop or Lightroom).

Pantone color calibration in Lightroom

I shoot a lot of headshots for our company in front of the same colored wall. Due to each person's clothing and complexion, the color balance of the shot turns out different for each shot, making the colored wall look different in each shot. If I was able to find the Pantone value of the wall paint, is there a way I could color balance the background to match that color? I am currently eyeballing it and using the hue/saturation tool on the wall, but I wonder whether there is a better way to do this. Thanks!

Yes correct that is why I said "neutral grey card" and I am referring to the same thing as what is called a White balance card. Neutral in terms of equal red, green, blue.
This is what I use.
WhiBal White Balance Gray Card Video Tutorial by Michael Tapes

W520 External Color Calibrator stopped working with updated Pantone v1.1 software

Can someone from Lenovo help me with this issue? Lenovo updated the color calibrator software in Aug 2012. They broke an external color calibrator working. L1/2 has been completely unhelpful. I also escalated to customer service with little result except that they say it is not Lenovo software and they do not have to support it! Unacceptable, the software isprovided by Lenovo. Lenovo doc also says an external color calibrator is supported. Lenovo needs to take responsibility for fixing this. Here are the email chains. I really want a refund or someone to ensure this package that Lenovo distributes is fixed!
Thanks for your help.
From: Christopher Lang [mailto:christopherlang1] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:34 AM To: 'Kelli' Cc: doris Subject: RE: SF184142 Re: Fw: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator - case 184142 Importance: High Sensitivity: Private
You are distributing this software and it is defective. Who do I NEED TO SPEAK TO AT LENOVO TO RESOLVE THIS? I WANT A REFUND ASAP!!!
From: Christopher Lang [mailto:christopherlang1] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:25 AM To: 'Kelli' Cc: doris Subject: RE: SF184142 Re: Fw: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator - case 184142 Importance: High Sensitivity: Private
Hi Kelli,
I do not want this case closed and disagree. This is Lenovo provided software and according to Lenovo an external calibrator is supported. I want someone to take responsibility for getting this fixed. Lenovo has provided this software and needs to work with the vendor to ensure it works. Who do I need to speak to in management? I do not appreciate the way support has just shuttled this around and nothing has gotten done.
Sincerely,
Christopher
Lenovo Doc:
3.0 System requirements ======================= Hardware requirements: - Must have an embedded or external color sensor - Can be integrated or used with a USB color sensor device. http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/pantone_color_calibrator_v1.1.0.txt
From: Kelli Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:12 AM To: christopherlang1@ Subject: SF184142 Re: Fw: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator - case 184142 Sensitivity: Private
Mr Lang,
Please be advised that I have taken this case assigned to Doris. Lenovo is not able help you with this issue, We cannot provide support for a third party product. The calibrator you are using is supported by X-Rite; any issues with the device need to be addressed by them,
I am sorry for your frustration however Lenovo has exhausted all means to help with a non-hardware issue. At this time Lenovo is closing this case.
Kelli Customer Advocate Customer Complaint Resolutions Lenovo US 1009 Think Place, Bldg 2 Morrisville, NC 27560
Hi Doris, Got you VM. No, Engineering is not wanting to do their jobs. What they are saying to you makes NO sense. There is even mention of an external calibrator being supported in the Lenovo doc. MANY PEOPLE USE EXTERNAL DISPLAYS AS WELL. Here is the Lenovo doc: 3.0 System requirements ======================= Hardware requirements: - Must have an embedded or external color sensor - Can be integrated or used with a USB color sensor device. http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/pantone_color_calibrator_v1.1.0.txt    This is really upsetting me!!!! Can we escalate to higher management? Thanks, Christopher
Hi Doris,
Got you VM. No, Engineering is not wanting to do their jobs. What they are saying to you makes NO sense. There is even mention of an external calibrator being supported in the Lenovo doc. MANY PEOPLE USE EXTERNAL DISPLAYS AS WELL. Here is the Lenovo doc:
3.0 System requirements
=======================
Hardware requirements:
- Must have an embedded or external color sensor
- Can be integrated or used with a USB color sensor device.
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/pantone_color_calibrator_v1.1.0.txt
This is really upsetting me!!!! Can we escalate to higher management?
Thanks,
Christopher
From: Christopher Lang Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 12:19 PM To: 'Doris' Subject: RE: FW: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator - case 184142 Importance: High
Hi Doris,
I have the internal calibrator I purchased with my W520 and also an external calibrator from x-rite. The device is an i1 Display 2. The external calibration is what fails with the updated calibrator software package.
Thanks,
Christopher
From: Doris Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 12:13 PM To: Christopher Lang Subject: Re: FW: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator - case 184142 Importance: High
Hi Christopher,
I'm still working wtth L2.
What exact model of color calibrator device do you have?
Sincerely,
Doris Customer Complaint Advocate Lenovo
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11/07/2012   04:22 PM
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   FW:     Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and     Eye one external calibrator - case 184142
Hi Doris, Thanks for your time, re: case 184142. Can we get this package fixed? Jeremy’s response below just makes no sense to me, same as that call center in Atlanta is so problematic. I work in IT and when I phone that call center I really wonder sometimes whether I am even speaking with another IT person on the other end of the line. These are Thinkpad, mines is an expensive one, and I am very upset that this is the level of support I get (especially after upgrading my warranty even!). Please see what you can do. I would also like a manager to speak to DeAndrea at the call center. I am sure the calls are recorded and he was completely out of line and not helpful. Just like now I wonder ‘why did Jeremy even contact me!’ what with the response below. Please phone me tomorrow as we discussed. Have a great day! Thanks, Christopher From: Christopher Lang [mailto:christopherlang1@] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 9:38 AM To: 'Jeremy' Subject: RE: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator Hi Jeremy, I am really not sure how Doris will help me with this technical issue? I fel like I am getting the run around and I AM. Thanks, Christopher From: Jeremy Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 9:34 AM To: Christopher Lang Subject: RE: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator Chris, I never said to call level one. I literally said "please contact your Customer Service rep". Your customer service rep is the highest level you will get at Lenovo to be able to assist you. He/She is also the same person that got you in touch with me in the first place. I hope this helps. Thank you!
Jeremy Level 2 Support Lenovo Systems Experts Lenovo USA 1009 Think Place Building 2 - Lab 2P22
   "Christopher   Lang" <christopherlang1@>
11/07/2012   09:08 AM
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Hello Jeremy, Uhhh.. My case was escalated to you now you are telling me to call level one again? WTH? You know…I just started on a contract with IBM. You know what they give us…Not ‘Thinkpads’ but Toshibas. You ought to think about that. I expect a phone call ASAP. I have also left a message with customer relations. Thank you, Christopher
From: Jeremy Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 7:46 AM To: Christopher Lang Subject: RE: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator Chris, This is not my department... please contact your Customer Service rep to get updates. Thank you!
Jeremy Level 2 Support Lenovo Systems Experts Lenovo USA
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Hi Jeremy,
Any update on this package being fixed?
Thanks,
Christopher
From: Christopher Lang [mailto:christopherlang1@] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:42 PM To: 'Jeremy' Subject: Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator Importance: High
Started failing when Lenovo updated the package for the w530.
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Error with latest update to Pantone Color Calibrator Software (v1.1) and Eye one external calibrator 09-19-201211:39 AM - edited 09-20-201209:10 AM Hi. Can someone have a look at the Pantone 1.1 package. I am using an eye one display calibrator with the updated Pantone software and the calibration does not work. I get an error about an 8 bit image missing (have attached a screenshot). The calibration is not correct and Windows Photoviewer is pink. This was working OK with the v1.0 of the software (no longer on the w520 driver page). The error message is "There was an error loading the specified profile. Please make sure the image has an embedded profile and it is an 8-bit image." This was working fine before the update to v1.1. Thanks
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10-21-201202:43 AM - edited 10-21-201202:47 AM This is broken on the w520. The external calibration does not work properly. You get an error about an 8-bit image missing when calibrating. Does anyone have a link to the v1.0 version that DOES WORK? Thanks Why is the support in Atlanta so awful that people keep telling me I need to REIMAGE my machine to repair this IDIOT problem!!!!!
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christopherlang wrote: This is broken on the w520. The external calibration does not work properly. You get an error about an 8-bit image missing when calibrating. Does anyone have a link to the v1.0 version that DOES WORK? Thanks Why is the support in Atlanta so awful that people keep telling me I need to REIMAGE my machine to repair this IDIOT problem!!!!!
I've uploaded the 1.0 program.: http://www.mediafire.com/?62shz55gl757ahu
From: Jeremy Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:24 AM To: christopherlang1 Subject: contact info
here it is
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I am getting the runaround!!!
Hi Doris,
I just left you a voice mail. One of the reasons I bought this laptop was for 3d photography. If I cannot use an external color calibrator and display then the laptop is not fit for purpose for the reasons I bought it. This software is ONLY available from Lenovo. According to Lenovo’s own doc, and the software’s doc, an external color calibrator is SUPPORTED. Lenovo needs to step to the plate and fix this. Not ME. If Lenovo needs to go to Pantone, or x-rite, then they Need to do that. Lenovo provided software that is not available to the public from x-rite or Pantone, and the software is to support Lenovo provided hardware (least so far as the internal calibrator), this software ALSO supports an external calibrator for use with an external display. The software supports both internal and external, and I would like to use my external display for 3d photography. This needs to be fixed please.
What are we going to do to resolve this? At his point of the runaround I’ve been getting I would like a complete refund.
Thanks,
Christopher
From: Christopher Lang [mailto:christopherlang1@]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:35 PM
To: 'Kelli'
Cc: doris
Subject: RE: SF184142 LENOVO
PS I hope you are aware Kelli that the Pantone software is not available from Pantone to customers….
From: Christopher Lang [mailto:christopherlang1]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:26 PM
To: 'Kelli'
Cc: doris
Subject: RE: SF184142 LENOVO
Importance: High
Hi Kelli,
As you know the ‘software’ purchase is by virtue of purchasing the laptop with the color calibrator. Are you saying you will refund my cost for the calibrator? I don’t think you quite get how much time I have spent with support with this laptop. I have had multiple issues with the it. The calibrator, failed BT adapter, Sudden Shutdown syndrome (where the machine would just shutoff on its own –well documented in the Lenovo forums and I have at least a dozen emails on this issue) as well as many issues with the Displayport connection and an external 3d display for which I spent months working with Nvidia to resolve. This laptop has wasted a huge amount of my time. The support has been atrocious.
I would like a refund for 1. The laptop 2. The external color calibrator I cannot use because the software from Lenovo does not work (this package is NOT available from x-rite as well –It is sold to Lenovo). I have a receipt for the color calibrator and would be happy to provide that.
Thank you,
Christopher
From: Kelli
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 2:09 PM
To: Christopher Lang
Subject: RE: SF184142 LENOVO
Mr Lang,
Your request for a refund on the laptop is declined. The machine has had not hardware issues and was purchased in February. We are willing refund the software only.
Kelli
Customer Advocate
Customer Complaint Resolutions
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W530 Color Calibration Issue

Every month I re-calibrate my display using the COLOR by PANTONE Color Calibrator (v1.1.0).
I tried doing it today and kept getting this error, even though the tone for successful calibration always goes off:
Link to picture
I'll try to calibrate the screen once, but it will fail. When I try a second time, it will also fail, and give me the error seen above. If I try a third time, I finally get the three failure tones and the software simply closes itself.
Is this a hardware issue? A driver issue? Are there any solutions for this?
Recently updated my computer. Windows 7 64-bit.
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Hi again, crmichae
What updates have you recently done to your machine? I did some research and found two highly relevant updates for your machine in general, and this issue more specifically. If you haven't already updated them, I found drivers for both your BIOS and the your graphics card that have been released recently and are a good place to start with helping this issue. The graphics driver can be found here and the BIOS can be found here.
Hope it helps. Let me know how it goes,
Adam
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W540 Color Calibration issue

I've had my W540 for a couple of weeks now and initially it calibrated the color no problem with the built-in sensor and X-rite software. However it is now time to re-calibrate and I get this message:
"Display has been changed. Please run panel replacement utility to restore your ability to calibrate."
The display hasn't been changed and I don't have this utility anywhere on my machine, nor can I find it in the downloads....anyone know what to do here (apart from sending the whole lot back to lenovo - the quality of the W540 is appauling, it arrived with a broken keyboard and as with everyone else if I had known about the touchpad I would have fought having this machine imposed upon me).

I have a similar problem. Within device manager it states Generic PnP monitor. I am running Windows 8.1, and upgraded from Windows 8.0. I cannot calibrate my screen - the software states that no sensor is present. If I roll back to Windows 8.0, it all works fine. I have uninstalled and reinstalled both the Pantone software and the display drivers and it still doesnt work.
****I just managed to solve this problem by downloading and installing the nvidia and intel graphics drivers seperately from the Lenovo website. Color calibration works absolutley fine, and my monitor is listed within device manager as wide viewing angle and high density flexview display. Downloading and letting them install using the Lenovo solution centre did not work.

Can I easily match Pantone colors using Illustrator?

Hi all,
I run a small invitation supply company.
Our primary design tool up until now has been Photoshop Elements.
We recently purchased a $6000 printer from Xerox which is the 'gold standard' for graphic arts and Pantone approved.
We also have a pantone color bridge. When I print a color using the hex code, the color looks NOTHING like the pantone swatch.
I contacted Xerox and they told me that because Elements has a very low degree of color management that we will never be able to easily color match our pantone swatches and that they aren't surprised the color is way off.
I suppose I naively figured that spending $6000 on a printer would get us easy and flawless color matching. Xerox says- not so.
They suggested investing in Illustrator and they are convinced that it will be much more likely to get us to the point that we want. Ultimately I want to be able to pick a color from the pantone deck, enter the code, and feel confident that the print will come out 100% the corresponding color.
Am I living a pipe dream?
I would like some feedback before proceeding.
On top of the financial investment, obviously there is a lot of time that my partner and I will have to spend learning Illustrator.
Any input would be great.
Thanks,
Aaron

Am I living a pipe dream?
Yes.
More precisely, you are just failing to understand the fundamental difference between spot color and process color.
I want to be able to pick a color from the pantone deck, enter the code, and feel confident that the print will come out 100% the corresponding color.
Not gonna happen, even if you do all the tedious color management setup you can.
The above assumes you are, in fact, talking about matching Pantone spot colors. (Pantone does not just publish spot color swatches, but that is the usual sense in which beginners refer to Pantone.)
A spot color is, by definition, an actual, physical, single ink which is loaded into a press. The only way to achieve your 100% pipedream is to load that actual, physical, single ink into your $6000 printer.
But that's how a printing press works, not how your $6000 printer works. It works by printing four "primary colors" of inks and then arranging tiny dots of them in proximity to each other in order to "trick" the eye into seeing them as a mixture of colors on the page in proportions which try to approximate the spot color as best it can.
But physical inks are simply not accurate enough to actually do that. There are many, many spot colors which simply cannot be replicated by mixing arrays of primary colors of inks. That's what all this "gamut" talk is about. That's one reason why spot color inks exist.
The Pantone spot color matching system is a means by which to consistently communicate proportional mixtures of actual, real, physical inks of known specific colors. All anyone (including Pantone) can do with the CMYK inks (or dyes) in a desktop printer is try to recommend percentages of those CMYK inks to best approximate a match to an actual, physical spot color ink.
It gets worse. Your monitor cannot actually match a spot color ink swatch, either. Your monitor glows. Ink doesn't. Even on tediously calibrated systems, there is more to perceived "color" than just numerical values of CMYK or RGB or HSL or Lab. There is chroma. There is reflectance. There is opacity. There is grain.
Then there's the whole matter of the incredibly context-sensitive adaptabability of human vision.
So if you are selling the output of your $6000 printer as the final product, you should not use Pantone spot color swatches as any kind of contract color specification, because your printer cannot actually print spot color inks. If you're doing color-critical work that the customer will refuse when specified colors don't match, you and your customer must specify colors which your device can actually produce.
JET

Color Calibration / New Macbook Displays?

Can the new glass, glossy displays on the MacBook and MacBook Pro systems be color calibrated (e.g., using Colorvision's Spyder or Pantone's Huey calibration tools)?
I was under the impression from Apple that only the matte displays on the MacBook Pro's were capable of proper color calibration. However, it does not appear that a matte screen is even an option now.

Not sure about the specificity of those devices myself, but IMO the colors on LCDs are not constant, especially at slight viewing angles, so calibration doesnt really do much. Unless you position yourself in the EXACT same position every time, you will get slightly different colors, contrasts, brightness, etc.

Recommended color calibrator/monitor calibration tool?

Hi all,
It is a few years since I have purchased a color calibrator for my monitor and need to purchase a new one now at the new company I am at. It will be for my 30" Apple Cinema Display. As usual, I always come straight to these forums for your advice FIRST before making my selection.
In the past I have used both GretagMacbeth's Eye-One Display and the Pantone Huey. I have not tried the Colorvision Spyder.
Of course, these have each changed and been improved since I last worked with them, so can you make some recommendations as to which you feel may work best for you, and can thus recommend to me?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help!
Best regards,
Christine

ColorMunki has been getting lots of press.
This guy has a pretty good movie/review:
http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Colour%20Management/munki/munki.html
Profiles your printer as well as the monitor... Google it, lots of reviews.

Showing clients a Pantone color vs. the CMYK match

Is there a way to show a client a sqaure of a Pantone color with a square of the same color done out of CMYK, and be accurate? I have some out of state clients that don't have Pantone/CMYK books and have asked this question. They utilize pantone colors in their logos and we only have CMYK digital presses. I would like to show them how close of a "match" we can reasonably achieve. Assuming their monitors are calibrated, is there an accurate way to do this via a PDF proof?
Thanks.

Bart's tip is ideal if you have the time to send mail. If there's no time for mail delivery and you typically proof online, lay a sample print and a pantone color chip on a scanner and send them the scanned image over the internets. They'll be able to compare any color shift from both color samples in the same scanned image, even if their monitors are whacked.

W520 - Color Calibrator won't work.

Hello guys, I'm stuck. I want to calibrate the monitor through the Color Calibrator Tray that always complains that the monitor needs new profiling. When I start the application and I shut the laptop to run the first test it says "No connection possible". I do not find drivers or any other things. Could it be - that the hardware isn't installed although the Lenovo System Update installed the Calibrator Tools? I have Lenovo Model Type: 4282RD4
Can anyone help?
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Grüezi Benji:
I had a bit of a problem getting this colour calibrator to work when my new W520 arrived a few weeks ago.
I am by no means an expert on this subject, so, take what I say with a grain of salt.
It appears to me that the software that actually calibrates the colour does not come from Lenovo's website. I went to this website: X-Rite Pantone Calibrator and downloade a small application from there. I installed it, and now the calibrator works fine. Below is a picture showing the product I downloaded.
Michael
W520 (4270 CTO), which replaced a W500 (4062-27U), which replaced a T42P, which replaced an A21P...

Showing customers Pantone colors vs. CMYK

I have some clients out of state that occasionally want Pantone colors run. We have CMYK digital presses and (except on rare cases) only run that. Is there a way in Illustrator to accurately show a client via PDF proof a Pantone square next to the same Pantone made out of CMYK and have them tell if it is a "close enough" match?
Unfortunately most of these clients don't have a CMYK vs. Pantone comparison book. I also realize they would have to have a calibrated screen to view whatever I sent them but is there anyway there would be an accurate way to do this?
Thanks.

I agree. Their monitor vs. your monitor is completely subjective and would not be the most accurate way to proceed. This brings up a very good subject on color, color viewing, and color accuracy. Even if their monitor was setup exactly like yours, no two moniotrs, even the same brand, will display the same color(s). Add to that no two humans see color the same way. I know this sounds like splitting hairs, but it's true. Probably the best thing to do is print an actual press sheet with a series of swatches ( say, 5 at the most ) with slightly different percentages that are +/- 2-5% deviates of the original and send them that. Have them look at it on the actual paper they plan to use for the job. You'll be surprised which one they choose. In the end, they will be the ones to decide, but at least they have accurate information to go on.

Pantone Color Calibrator W540

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