Digital BW, The Print

Alan:

Thanks. I tried the DG 20% and can't tell much difference in my 1280
but really can't tell much difference except the prints are darker.
I'm new at this was was pretty happy with my BO prints before. I just
mentally compensated for the fact that the printer was lighter than
the monitor showed. 

Is anyone aware of where to find simple explanations of what DG 20%,
Gamma 2.2, and things like that actually do? Somehow they cause the
computer to manipulate dots, I just want to know in what manner. I do
much better when I have some conceptual grasp of what I'm doing. 

Bob Michaels

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "A. Huntley" <leicam6@a...>
wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> Not to jump in for Clayton, but it means to set your gray working space
> (Edit|Color Settings) to Dot Gain 20%, or convert
> to this profile just prior to printing. I was getting very poor
results on
> my 1160 using a Gray Gamma 2.2 profile, but, now that
> I'm using DG 20, I'm getting WYSIWYG results.
> 
> Alan Huntley
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob_Michaels" <Bob@B...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 8:02 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Black-Only Settings Correction
> 
> 
> > What does "assigned profile dot gain 20%" do? I'm new at this. I've
> > been using the same settings as you for black only on my 1280 with
> > EAM, except for the "assigned profile" Does this have any impact on
> > the printed image, or just what you see on the screen?
> > Bob Michaels