Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., David Dyer-Bennet <dd-
b@d...> wrote:

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> 
> I find that when I set up a transfer curve (for use in Jerry Nevin's
> workflow) using the "equally spaced spikes" approach, I get results
> that look nice, but *not* results that match my screen at all (so 
the
> "nice" only happens through adjust-print-evaluate-repeat loops).  
The
> curves I get tend to be *below* the diagonal (in the Photoshop
> transfer function window).  
> 

David:

Seems like you are using a transfer curve to get your printer to 
print what you see on your monitor.  

I think I take a different approach(?).  I start with a fully 
calibrated monitor (black and white points set for the lighting 
conditions of the room and gamma set to 2.2).  I use Adobe RGB 1998 
(a gamma 2.2 color space) as my working space.  I use No Color 
Adjustment in the Epson Color Management portion of the printer 
dialog box.  Once I get the profile to create step wedges with 
equally spaced peaks, the gray scale I see on my monitor matches 
pretty closely what I see on the prints.

Jeff Randall