METHOD AND CALIBRATION DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING COMPUTER MONITORS USED IN THE PRINTING AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES

摘要

A process is disclosed for calibrating color and monochrome monitors (65) for their use in the printing, graphics art and textile industries. The image displayed on the monitor (65), when using calibrated software will appear as printed. This is achieved by producing an instrument (12) and providing a method to calibrate the instrument (12) to the white point color temperature of reflected light from papers and textiles, of industry standard 5000K and 7500K transmitted light (64). The instrument (12) can be used to calibrate color monitors (12) to these same white point color temperatures. Also disclosed is a method by which color and monochrome monitors (12) can be adjusted to specific brightness and contrast setting for standard ambient light as well as to lower ambient light levels. Also, a method and device (12) is provided to set various monitors (65) to the same standard using software so that when an image is displayed on the various monitors (65), the image will appear the same.