Is Dell U2410 considered "wide gamut" monitor? Sent by AAK from iPhone 3Gs On Apr 12, 2010, at 7:56 PM, Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > adam k wrote: >> Am I to understand that CMunki is better than dtp94? Should I replace >> dtp94 then to calibrate my u2410 and to make printer profiles? > > They are different types of instruments. The dtp94 is a colorimeter, > while the ColorMunki (Design or Photo) is a spectrometer. > [Note that the ColorMunki Create is a version of the i1display 2 > colorimeter.] > > A colorimeter depends on its physical filters being a match to the > observer curves, and typically in low cost (non-laboratory) > instruments > we're talking about here, the match isn't very good, hence all the > problems > with wide gamut monitors. A spectrometer analyzes the spectrum of > the device, so the observer curves are implemented in software, > and are a lot more accurate, hence a spectrometer can deal with > wide gamut monitors well. The ColorMunki is also much more flexible > device. > > Graeme Gill. >