T60 with X1400 and flex-view owners PLS HELP

I am looking for an owner of a T60 with a flexview 15" screen and the X1400 video card to run a quick test for me. Can you please run the LUT tester here
http://www.xrite.com/support_doc.aspx?Line=16&SupportID=2933

It checks to see if the video card allows adjustment to the LUT tables (I.e. if the monitor can be color profiled)
Thanks!

 

Will try it when I get home .

 

Cool!!! Thanks so much!

 

Following the instructions on the site, the white box turns grey, which should mean that my laptop supports LUT testing.
T60 2007-72A 15" with x1400

cheers!

 

Sweet, ordered

 

For those of us who don't know (me), what's the benefit of being able to make these colour profiles? Is this something for everyone or just for designers?

Always looking for the feature I didn't know existed but can't live without.

 

The long and short of it is that it makes sure your monitor shows whites as white, reds as red, greens as greens, blues as blues, and blacks as black. If you don't work with photos and printing, you'd probably never notice the slight color inaccuracies that all monitors come with from the factory.

It's good for anybody who prints photos. Really there are multiple profiles you have to use.
To get accurate prints you must profile your monitor

Then, if you print on your own print you must also profile your printer (I use http://www.cathysprofiles.com/ for this). Profiles must be made for each ink and paper combo you use (if you use the paper made by the company that makes your printer and the ink sold by the company that makes your printer - which is actually not a bad idea now that Canon and Epson both have archival inks and papers - you might be able to get away with factory profile)

If you use some other company to make your prints, see about getting an ICC profile from them. This is because while monitors and printers do speak the same language if properly set up (assuming you use sRGB), they do it with slightly different accents to maintain the metaphor. If you use a printing lab and your monitor is profiled, the colors will be VERY close to accurate, so if your lab doesn't have ICC profiles to give you, it will still be close.

I use a Gretag Macbeth Eye-One Display 2 to profile my monitors, but there are cheaper solutions that are still very good. The Pantone Huey for instance ( http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1174347 - not my website, but I'm sure Andy won't mind) is pretty heap ($60-$80) and it does a pretty good job.

You can read about all this good stuff here http://www.smugmug.com/help/display-color
and here
http://www.smugmug.com/help/srgb-versus-adobe-rgb-1998

I use smugmug to host my photos btw. If you get an account, let me know, and I'll give you a coupon code to save you $5. I really do highly recommend them.

 

thank you. rep for you!

 

Yes, it works (2007-FVG)