The monitor is necessary for continuous control of the design and layout process. In a medium such as digital photography, the digital data files are the original, and prints represent a form of processing. The monitor is the only equipment for direct viewing of the original data files. This is the reason why accurate color display is of such great importance.

Calibration of all devices should be carried out before profiling. By comparing and establishing basic conditions such as white equalization and correct gamma values, color will be correctly reproduced. For input devices such as scanners, the colors of reflective and transparent media are controlled through standardized scanning calibration targets (for example IT8). For printers, the printouts of calibration targets are measured.

The necessary adjustments of the monitor's key values and colors can be implemented by software or hardware solutions. With the former, the colors are initially adjusted and slightly displaced, resulting in a reduction of the device's color volume. The color representation in the second variant is more reliable and ensures that there are no color losses or color displacements in color runs.

With ColorEdge monitors, this form of high precision hardware calibration can be implemented fully if an Eye-One measuring device is utilized. A high volume of color is always available through the 10-bit color look-up table (LUT) built into these monitors.

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