Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Antonis Ricos" 
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
> Even if that was the case (it is not - as Carolyn pointed out), the 
> monitor 
> should not be the determining device for color calculations.

Antonis/Carolyn,
 
This has been a good thread. I will get that book. Thanks for all 
the information on this topic. I will probably go back to square 
one on all my color settings.

> Rather the input or 
> output devices should.

I rarely know how I'm gonna output a file when I'm retouching it. I 
tend to think that I'm working in some kind of "raw mode" when 
I'm doing the basic burning and dodging and contrast and "look" 
of the image. I always scan in Gray, and do all the work in that 
mode. Then I convert to RGB when I start the toning. I generally 
embed the ColorMatchRGB profile when I'm working in RGB; 
Gamma 1.8 when I'm still in Gray. Once I get it ready, THEN I 
think about how I'm gonna output it: either to the 7000, or to 
CMYK for a job, etc. Do you work/think like that? Or do you 
scan/burn/everything with an intended use in mind, from the very 
start?