Digital BW, The Print

>What's the best way to brighten up a print with the MIS VM-inks and
>the roark-curves? I've scanned loads of pictures without having
>properly calibrated my monitor and they all print out a bit too
>dark. So I want to brighten them up without changing the file. The
>two possible ways I can think of are 1) raising the curve in PS
>after applying the roark-curves, 2) changing something in the
>printer settings, so that only the final print is affected, not the
>file itself. So, what do you think? Which method is best? Are there
>any others (perhaps with Qimage, which I also use)?

If your printer driver allows them (which I believe most Epson drivers do),
you could try applying a Transfer Function, which does not affect the image
file but does influence how the printer interprets that file. The Transfer
Function is simply an adjustment curve; look for the selection field in the
Page Setup dialog box. You can create and adjust as many curves as you
like, then save them and Load them for individual images.

-- Nick

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