Digital BW, The Print

CDTobie@... writes:
 > 
 > In a message dated 7/17/02 6:55:43 PM, marty@... writes:
 > 
 > >I'm looking for comments from anyone who is using, or has used the 
 > >Apple 17 inch flat panel monitor for B&W image processing. I am 
 > >considering purchasing one to use with Photoshop for my digital work.
 > 
 > As long as you calibrate it with an LCD/CRT Spyder to get the curves
 > correct, it works great for this... it has a hack built in that gets
 > the grays quite neutral without custom profiling, but the shadows are
 > clogged, and the gradients are not even until the Spyder curves are
 > built and applied. Its nice for color too...

Can you get away with using one of the custom dot-gain tricks (like
the one described in the list files area) to match the monitor to the
output, or does it really need to be calibrated?

If it's calibrated, do you end up using a dot-gain curve too, or does
it work as is?

g.