Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

I'm going to politely disagree with your conclusion below My monitor 
matches the output just fine for the Lyson inks/3000 and OEM's in C80.

> Even though your monitor may be calibrated it is not matched to the 
printer output with a proper monitor profile. So you are operating in 
the dark a bit << SNIP >>



> with the curves you need to print a reference step wedge, make a 
change in the curves, print another wedge, compare the difference, 
adjust the curve,print a wedge, etc. until you are getting the smooth 
tonal ramp you want.
> 

This IS what I'm trying.  Just not sure I'm using the best route.

?? To darken the output ??
   A - lower ALL points in the curves equally ??
   B - use the "brightness" slider in the printer box ??
   C - use a single color slider in the printer box ??
   D - adjust "Gamma" setting from 1.8 to 1.5 in printer box ??

?? If a curve has is shaped ~ shouldn't they be adjusted so no point 
is lower than the preceeding ??

It looks like the blue channel in all the 1270 and 1280 curves have 
points lower on the scale towards the right (hence ~) than preceding 
points.  In a regular workflow this would produce 
posterization/solarization.  I'm wondering how it applies for the VM 
ink, since it goes against my simple logic in my simple head ;-)

Cleavis