Eizo ColorEdge CG210 - Manual (Page 4)

Simple And Precise Calibration
The EIZO-devel-
oped ColorNavigator
software makes cali-
bration both simple
and accurate. Instead
of having to judge
colors and do time-
consuming inputting,
or having a specialist
do it for you, all you
need to do is input
target values for brightness, white point and gamma. ColorNavigator
directly utilizes the 10-bit Look-Up Table and automatically calibrates
the monitor in less than 10 minutes. ColorEdge monitors support the
latest generation of this software, which gives you a number of other
useful functions, some of which are as follows.
Post-Calibration Color Ad-
justment
Sometimes due to variations in
output from different printers or the
special requirements of a project, it
is necessary to fine-tune an otherwise
perfectly calibrated monitor to match
target colors. ColorNavigator lets
you easily adjust hue and saturation
for all six colors (red, green, blue,
cyan, magenta and yellow), as well as
white balance, brightness, black level
and gamma, to achieve the closest
possible visual match.
Color Profile Generation
ColorNavigator can save up to 20 different calibration profiles.
Any of these can be used for setting the monitor or for generating a
ColorSync or ICM color profile for the computer’s operating system.
For example, if you use one monitor for both web design and printing,
you can save a different calibration profile for each task, then call up
each profile as you need it.
Convenient Calibration Profile Management
ColorNavigator
also makes it easy
to keep track of
calibration profiles.
When you want
to adjust a profile
in order to match
your monitor to
other equipment
such as printers or lightboxes, you can use the Duplicate function
to make a copy of it, then adjust the duplicate profile and give it a
new name. Naturally, you can make as many duplicates, and thus
adjusted profiles, as desired.
Recalibration Reminder
After initial calibration, a moni-
tor needs to be recalibrated at regular
intervals to maintain color accuracy.
ColorNavigator includes a recalibration
reminder that will appear after a certain
number of user-determined hours. When the monitor is first calibrated,
the date and time are saved. After the time you set has elapsed, an LED
on the front panel lights up, and a reminder message appears the next
time ColorNavigator starts up. If you prefer to calibrate according to
the amount of change that has occurred, you can measure the color
difference (Delta-E) between the original target points and the actual
current points at any time.
0.5 Delta-E Difference
The combination of the monitor’s 10-bit look-up table,
ColorNavigator software, and a calibration device (see page 12 for
details) produces extremely accurate colors with a very low Delta-E
difference of less than 0.5.
Emulation Function
To take full advantage of
the 14-bit internal process-
ing capabilities, EIZO has
equipped the ColorEdge
CG220 with an emula-
tion function. Simply by
obtaining the ICC profile of
another monitor and using
EIZO’s ColorNavigator software, the ColorEdge CG220 can emulate
its color characteristics. This is useful when another monitor is the
standard monitor in a workflow, when different models are used in a
multi-monitor setup, or for a remote proofing environment where the
client, designer and printer want to be sure that their various monitors
are displaying color the same way.
Calibration Parameters
Brightness
30 cd/m² – 200 cd/m²* (5 cd/m² increments)
Possible to set to the monitor’s maximum and
minimum values.
Black Level
0.5 cd/m² – 3.5 cd/m² (0.1 cd/m² increments)
Possible to set to the monitor’s minimum
value.
White Point
Color Temperature 4,000 K – 10,000 K (100 K increments)
Color Coordinates X Value, Y Value
* With the ColorEdge CG220, it may not be possible to set the brightness to the
maximum value (200 cd/m
2 ).
System Requirements For ColorNavigator
Compatible
Operating
Systems Macintosh Windows
Mac OS X 10.2 or later
OS 9.2.2 Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP
Colors 32,000 minimum
Resolution 1024 × 768 minimum recommended
Additional Re-
quirements Apple Macintosh system
that fulfills Mac OS X startup
requirements
• 128 MB memory minimum
• Power Macintosh G3 (Blue
& White)/G4/G4 Cube/G5
• PowerBook G3 (Bronze
Keyboard or later)/G4
eMac
• PC/AT compatible machine
• Pentium compatible CPU
(300 MHz minimum, RAM
128 MB minimum)
Two or more available USB ports
The Software: Extensive Calibration Capabilities
*Delta-E is the color difference between the target white point and the monitor’s
white point.
Original 0.5 ∆E 1 ∆E 2 ∆E 3 ∆E