Digital BW, The Print

Hello Loris,

>The problem is that the curve is thinning the image - increasing 
>the gamma I presume - I get a much lighter image than what I see 
>on my screen (in the other hand, Randall's workflow output matches 
>my monitor quite good). What should I do? 

I don't use your system so my idea might be completely wrong for this,
but FWIW, I used to think there was something sacrosanct about the
assigned image profile (front end) but later discovered it can be
changed to whatever is needed to get good WYSIWYG as long as the
assigned printer profile (back end) is the same (choose "Same As
Source" from the profile list).  So you might try finding a front end
curve that makes the screen image match the print.  As long as you
have "Same As Source" at the back end the print will not change as you
try different front end curves.  If you can get good WYSIWYG with this
approach it might do the job for you.

I have written an article on my web site which explains how this works
and gives more details, including making custom curves.  It's in Part
4 of the series at the link below.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm