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I have an emachines 2ghz computer with 768mb ram. I currently have an
LCD monitor with it. I edit a lot of photos and find that they print
very different than they look on the screen. I thought of hooking up a
CRT monitor also. I am running WinXP. What would I need to run both
monitors at the same time? Thank you.

Sharon

The simplest method is a vid card with dual display.
I'm not entirely sure that a crt monitor would make much difference however.
Your current vid.driver and LCD may have settings that allow you to
manipulate the display.
The print, end result may also depend on your printer/drivers.

"sharonx9" <> wrote in message
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> I have an emachines 2ghz computer with 768mb ram. I currently have an
> LCD monitor with it. I edit a lot of photos and find that they print
> very different than they look on the screen. I thought of hooking up a
> CRT monitor also. I am running WinXP. What would I need to run both
> monitors at the same time? Thank you.
>
> Sharon

"sharonx9" <> wrote in message
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>I have an emachines 2ghz computer with 768mb ram. I currently have an LCD
>monitor with it. I edit a lot of photos and find that they print very
>different than they look on the screen. I thought of hooking up a CRT
>monitor also. I am running WinXP. What would I need to run both monitors
>at the same time? Thank you.
>
> Sharon

Either two video cards, or preferablyone with dual outputs, some of the more
high end cards support dual monitors.
By high end, I mean more expensive
I doubt they'll make much difference, what you get out of a print is seldom
what you see on the screen. There are a lot of determining factors, such as
monitor, software, printer, calibration, it can get quite expensive. The
primary cause of not getting what you see, is down to something called
gamut, or colour space. Your eyes have the biggest colour space, monitors
come with a much smaller colour space, and printers are even smaller still,
( put simply, a smaller colour space basically means it can recreate less
colours). So it's not easy getting prints to match what you see on the
screen.

P.

Doesnt need to be high end, I purchased a Matrox (new) on Ebay for $20
Two vid cards can sometimes conflict, as can using onboard vid + vid card.
There is no definative answer as to which two vid cards will not conflict

"Flyer" <> wrote in message
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> "sharonx9" <> wrote in message
> news:esN1g.934667$xm3.655715@attbi_s21...
> >I have an emachines 2ghz computer with 768mb ram. I currently have an
LCD
> >monitor with it. I edit a lot of photos and find that they print very
> >different than they look on the screen. I thought of hooking up a CRT
> >monitor also. I am running WinXP. What would I need to run both
monitors
> >at the same time? Thank you.
> >
> > Sharon
>
> Either two video cards, or preferablyone with dual outputs, some of the
more
> high end cards support dual monitors.
> By high end, I mean more expensive
> I doubt they'll make much difference, what you get out of a print is
seldom
> what you see on the screen. There are a lot of determining factors, such
as
> monitor, software, printer, calibration, it can get quite expensive. The
> primary cause of not getting what you see, is down to something called
> gamut, or colour space. Your eyes have the biggest colour space, monitors
> come with a much smaller colour space, and printers are even smaller
still,
> ( put simply, a smaller colour space basically means it can recreate less
> colours). So it's not easy getting prints to match what you see on the
> screen.
>
> P.
>
>

sharonx9 wrote:
> I have an emachines 2ghz computer with 768mb ram. I currently have an
> LCD monitor with it. I edit a lot of photos and find that they print
> very different than they look on the screen. I thought of hooking up a
> CRT monitor also. I am running WinXP. What would I need to run both
> monitors at the same time? Thank you.
>
> Sharon


as mentioned...either a second video card...or one that can support two
monitors...

*however* my g.f. uses a TFT with Photoshop and gets very good results.
she reset the gamma and made the monitor's colors match the way it
prints. It took here about 3 days but she got it dead right!

We recently replaced the printer with a newer Epson R1800
and she downloaded the ICC profiles and installed them prior to her
first test print.
we were both amazed to see the very first print come out perfect!

So if you are using an Epson printer...see if they have the ICC profiles
designed to work with Photoshop

In article <esN1g.934667$xm3.655715@attbi_s21>, sharonx9
<> wrote:

> I have an emachines 2ghz computer with 768mb ram. I currently have an
> LCD monitor with it. I edit a lot of photos and find that they print
> very different than they look on the screen. I thought of hooking up a
> CRT monitor also. I am running WinXP. What would I need to run both
> monitors at the same time? Thank you.

The problem is color matching, then.
There are color matching tools, and there may be profiles to download
for all of the relevant components in the workflow -- particularly the
scanner and printer.
The monitor has to be calibrated properly, too, but that just takes
guidance. It would be the same situation if you had a different
monitor.

"sharonx9" <> wrote in message
news:esN1g.934667$xm3.655715@attbi_s21...
>I have an emachines 2ghz computer with 768mb ram. I currently have an LCD
>monitor with it. I edit a lot of photos and find that they print very
>different than they look on the screen. I thought of hooking up a CRT
>monitor also. I am running WinXP. What would I need to run both monitors
>at the same time? Thank you.

You're more likely to find that this is due to the programme you are using
to view/print the pictures. I'm using Paint Shop Pro for working with the
images, but have found that I need to print using the Epson programme that
came with the printer to get a decent result. The Windows image/fax viewer,
Panasonic viewer that came with the camera, PSP etc all give crap results.

Dan





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sharonx9 <> wrote:
> I have an emachines 2ghz computer with 768mb ram. I currently have an
> LCD monitor with it. I edit a lot of photos and find that they print
> very different than they look on the screen. I thought of hooking up
> a CRT monitor also. I am running WinXP. What would I need to run
> both monitors at the same time? Thank you.
>
> Sharon

Try this
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...orcontrol.mspx

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