Colormunki Photo repair

[Ink stained Fingers]

How would I test the unit before sale without installing software?

Since the unit is not self-powered it cannot run a selftest, you would need to connect it to a computer and run the i1 diagnostics

https://www.xrite.com/de/service-support/downloads/i/i1diagnostics_v4_2_5

 

[W. Fisher]

My ColorMunki Photo began to be erratic. It would start in the ColorPicker from x-rite to spot read a color, but when I used the swivel USB hinge the thing would reset and need another calibration again.

I thought it was maybe the USB cable so I bought a new one. Still erratic in operation and would drop the USB connection and need a new calibration again. Took the thing apart and cleaned the USB cable connections and it was still erratic and would lose connection to the software. Thought it was some Windows 11 USB thing with the old x-rite software since I bought the $75 license for the Calibrite Profiler and it seemed to work with it, although no need to use the swivel at the bottom of it since that software cannot spot read a color as the old x-rite software could. Seemed okay as long as I did not use the swivel.

So being I had another internal cable from DigiKey I replaced it. I made a mistake of keeping the old one prior so I was sort of confused as to which one to use. I went with the least used looking one and it works well again.

Digikey number: https://www.digikey.com/en/products...811300?s=N4IgTCBcDaIOwGYwFoEFY4A5kDkAiIAugL5A

I'd buy 3-4 of them given they are sort of finicky, cheap at <$4 each, and I had a bit of an issue on getting it ran the right way and with the 90 degree angles involved. I made the two 90 degree bends by measuring from the USB connection end at the swivel. I used a credit card to keep from making too sharp of a bend and maybe breaking one of the 8 flex connectors. The straight portion between the two mid-section bends goes into the plastic bracket held by two screws which also holds the detent for the large wheel stops. It should be loose enough in the bracket you can move it around freely else something is pinched and maybe a damaged cable as a result.

Mine only lasted me about 2 years (from a prior thread of mine on this thing on here) and now I'm into the third one. I need to buy more as I use the thing a lot and I seem to get intermittent breaks in that flex cable where it acts up.

W.F.