Digital BW, The Print

Happy with 20% here too, I just run into occassional problems with
files from other sources. Some untagged, some from people with bad
monitors, some with proofs printed on bad or unprofiled systems.
Have you tried the softproof method nailed down for the i1 by Roy and
Carl? Works quite well.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Amadou Diallo"
<amadiallo2001@y...> wrote:
> >This is a little
> > outside my color geek range, so for now I've settled on 20%, and work
> > in a 20% dot gain space, so far so good. I'm curious what Amadou and
> > others are using.
> > Tyler
> 
> Tyler,
> I too use the 20% dot gain adjustment in StudioPrint (it's the
default). Printing a stepwedge 
> I can distinguish paper white from 2% ink and between 98% and 100%
K. I have set up a PS 
> grayscale working space of gamma 2.0. I find this gets me a good
screen to print match. 
> Of course you could go the other way and adjust dot gain in
StudioPrint to match your PS 
> gamma, but I was happy with the print contrast at 20% and so decided
to bring the 
> monitor in line.
> 
> amadou diallo