Monitor Calibration Tool Advice

[pAthdoc]

I recently picked up an Epson R2880. Print quality is great, but since I haven't calibrated my monitor the colors are off and quite a bit darker than what's on my screen. I'm looking for a monitor calibration tool, but there are so many out there and I have no idea which one to choose. I've read several of the threads here in the forum, and I'm still unsure of which one to pick up. I'm currently doing all of my edits from a MacBook Pro, but I plan on getting a new desktop soon. Any advice on which direction I should go?

[TFord.LTTP]

How much do you want to spend and do you want to calibrate just the monitor or create a matching profile for the printer and camera(s) as well?

[MovingStill]

ColorMunki has a very good reputation, and does both monitor and printer so would be well worth looking at.

A great budget option is the Datacolor Spyder 3 Express but will do just monitor only.

Another thing to watch is the brand of ink & paper used in your printer. People most commonly try different papers and this will cause different color outputs.