A friend just bought a Dell U2410 display and is going to get either a ColorMunki or an Eye1Display2 to calibrate and profile the display. He is leaning toward the ColorMunki so as to make printer profiles, as well.
I am spoiled, having between myself and my wife a NEC 3090 and a NEC PA241, which we calibrate with SpectraView softwre and either the ColorMunki or an Eye1D2, depending on our mood. My friend asked me to help him profile his Dell U2410.
The questions I have are: What controls do I need to set on the U2410 before using the Munki or Eye1D2 software, if any? Do I need to lower the brightness setting first? As it is, he complains of his (unprofiled) monitor resulting in his prints being too dark. I will help him set up a print-viewing situation with a Solux task lamp and a home-brew viewing station, and would like to tame the brightness of the Dell monitor to roughly the brightness of my NEC's at 120-140 cd/m2 as a starting point. Should I leave the Contrast setting on the Dell as is? Should I set the monitor for RGB? AdobeRGB? Factory settings?
Any caviats to beware of?
I have read the tutorial on My Prints Are Too Dark, but I am not sure of how to apply that to the Dell monitor as I have no familiarity with it yet.
Many thanks in advance.