Digital BW, The Print

Mitch:

I'm still using the Cone driver on a 1280. I've considered moving to 
IP5 but find my existing setup still works pretty well.  One thing it 
doesn't provide, however, is any direct correspondence between what I 
see on the screen (Sony LCD) and what comes out of the printer.  
However, by limiting my inks (Piezotone Selenium, mostly) and papers 
(PhotoRag)I find I have a pretty good idea what the prints will look 
like.  (More than I ever had in the darkroom, anyway.) I actually 
think that, given the luminosity of screen images, it's asking too 
much to expect a one-to-one correspondence between a black and white 
image on screen and the print of that image.

Chuck

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mitch Alland 
<malland@x> wrote:
> Chuck:
> 
> > I realize this may not be the kind of helpful response you were
> > hoping for, but why would you expect to be able to print legacy 
files
> > without adjustment, given that you are printing with both 
different
> > ink and different software on a different printer?
> 
> I guess you're right; after all, I am using "printer targeting" 
> adjustments to print legacy files that I used to print on the 1290. 
> However, Jim Hayes' suggestion of assigning a Gamma of 2.2 to the 
files 
> that had a Custom Dot Gain works.
> 
> For new files, what do you do to get the view in Photoshop to match 
the 
> IP5 B&W print?
> 
> --Mitch/Bangkok
> 
> 
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