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(10 customer reviews) 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Works great (so far) with some tweeking and guessing,
October 6, 2008 J. A. macTavish - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pantone ColorMunki Design (Personal Computers)
I was a bit anxious when I received my Colormunki Design - I had read some mixed reviews, a few of which were from professional photographers using Colormunki Photo, and those particular reviews had tended to be critical. I have been working on an illustrated book, and ordered the Colormunki after I had exhausted my attempts to print anything resembling my work as it appeared on my iMac. My printer is a Canon ip4500 - not a printer that is even addressed by the professional quality paper companies whose paper I was using (Hahnemuhle and Inkpress), nor one that I thought the makers of Colormunki had in mind when they designed their product. But I was desperate, and hopeful that the Colormunki would at least get me closer to producing a decent print.
The Colormunki Design arrived, complete with a Pantone GeoGuide that I hadn't expected and was pretty delighted to receive. Installation went smoothly, and I was able to calibrate my monitor with no problem. Then I dove right in...Read more
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
It works well, is easy and quick to use, and is Windows 7 compatible,
September 30, 2009 J. Wallace (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pantone ColorMunki Design (Personal Computers)
First off, the software installation limit has been lifted. Check their website. They got complaints, they responded, not an issue. So to be clear, you can install the software on, and calibrate as many machines as you need to.
I've been in graphic design for many years. I've used many Fiery RIPs, I've used densitometers for calibrating them, and I've used the Spyder product. The problem, most tools only calibrate either the monitor or the printer. Only a few do the obvious thing of calibrating BOTH. And those that do tend to be very expensive. That's what makes this product so special, it does BOTH, and does it well, for a very reasonable price. Here's our situation...
We purchased a mid-range ($15k) color printer and didn't want to pay for the Fiery option. Output was relatively accurate, but certain colors, particularly blues shifting to purple were a problem on the output. And of course there was the challenge of making the monitor look remotely...Read more
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Poor software, doesn't work on three different computers,
December 21, 2008 W. Nicholls (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pantone ColorMunki Design (Personal Computers)
I bought ColorMunki Design back in April. Installing the software takes forever since X-rite includes a long installation of Net Framework. And every incremental upgrade requires a bloated download including the Net Framework and the very slow installation. I'm a long time customer of Monaco (acquired by X-rite) and of X-rite using their excellent i1 2 display profile system with Eye-One Match software. I assumed ColorMunki would be as good as other highly regarded Xrite products but with more versatility. I was sadly wrong.
My first contact with X-rite support was regarding the registration process that wasn't working as it was supposed to. After getting the product registered, I was able to run display calibration with a decidedly pink cast. I was able to use the colorimeter to sample object colors and calibrate a digital projector via a notebook computer. But the profiles all had a pink cast. After updating my display card's driver, I found ColorMunki refused to complete...Read more
