[Lprof-users] monitor color profiles

[wayne t. <way...@gm...>]

Hi,

I am an avid linux user, (since 1996, yes pre-netscape) and I am trying to
set up a digital darkroom studio for my girlfriend who is a amature/semi-pro
photographer that has decided to make the jump to digital.

I have been doing a lot of research and messing around with software and
equiptment and have found some suitable equiptment that should work under
linux however there are still some issues with color management that I am
unsure of.  She is using a Nikon D80 and I was able to find the color
profile for the camera however we do not own a monitor or a printer that can
handle the ICC color profiles to match.

The only wide gamut monitor in our price range is the NEC LCD2690WUXi that
can be found here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824002169

This (and other) LCD wide gamut monitors use special software to calibrate
the color between the graphics card and the monitor, and I am not sure if
there is a way to handle that under linux.

LPROF is the only current (up to date) way to calibrate for color pofiles
for my monitor, I was wondering if this can be done with one of the current
wide gammut LCD monitors available or if there is another project or method
for dealing with this?

We are also thinking of purchasing the Epson stylus pro 3800 printer.

Since we are still in the process of purchasing equiptment I am trying to
get any and all advise that I can scrape up.

Thanks  :)

Wayne