Digital BW, The Print

Howdy All

I have for some while been using MonicoOptix xr and their software...ok...but it has never been a Wow.

I am now on Mac Lion, and the software does not work...but there are several products out there that support the hardware.

So I am testing...and one issue that I am finding relates to density.

After going thru the drill and having what looks like a perfect neutral profile...when I do a softproof on a good QTR or other profile...the image on screen is generally not density matched.  Color etc look great...but the density is off.

Ideas on how I can get a better soft proof???  I believe I am doing all things right.  One solution I found after making the ICC monitor profile is using the System brightness setting when looking at a proof print and visually match the two.

Curious why I cannot get a perfect match with the software and hardware profiler.  Am I missing something...like ambient light???  Are there profilers that take ambient light into account accurately???


Thanks

Phil