anyone??

Never used either one, sorry.

What does everyone else use for monitor and printer calibration??

I calibrate ours visually.
Find a printed piece, a GOOD color printed piece.
Eyeball it from there.
That's what I've always done.

>>Find a printed piece, a GOOD color printed piece.<<

From a GOOD printer! A good place to start is to find the printer who most consistently closely matches their colour proofs through a wide colour/stock range.

As for the picture subjects-- I'd avoid the classic 'swatch book' type of shots featuring unrealistic setups-- the old Adobe one with the senorita and the fruit salad sombrero comes to mind. Concentrate on a good, average shot.

Gamma is probably the most important thing to actually calibrate. From there, I tend to just have to make a very slight tweak now and then as the CRT ages. LCDs? That's one of the reasons I've avoided these for serious colour work to date. The last time I looked their colour fidelity was still no match for a good CRT. Are there any real serious challenges to this opinion now out there?