Digital BW, The Print

My monitor is calibrated (really just set) to GG 2.2, the windows
default. I get WYSIWYG with UT2 straight out of the box. For BO, I
have to set the printer profile as 10% DG. That's with an LCD. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades"
<jeades1@s...> wrote:
> Back again folks,
> 
> I know you are getting tired of me asking the same question, but I 
> haven't gotten any answers to it yet. WHAT IS YOUR MONITOR 
> CALIBRATED OR SET TO--GG 1.8 OR GG 2.2?
> 
> Still your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny Eades
> 
> PS I'll keep asking till someone answers my simple question.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
> <stevekale@b...> wrote:
> > But John I think perhaps you are missing the point.  Pick a gamma 
> setting,
> > say 2.2.  Calibrate your profile with this gamma setting.  Select 
> a PS
> > workspace, say Gray Gamme 2.2 and away you go.  The issue only 
> appears when
> > you want to soft proof.  In a colour environment you would set up 
> a soft
> > proof via View/Proof Setup and use the colour profile of the 
> printer/media
> > combination you are using.  Since B&W printing mostly uses a Same 
> as Source
> > method of printing rather than the selection of the printer/media 
> ICC
> > profile and colorsyncing the workflow, accurate soft proofing has 
> alluded
> > B&W printing for some time.  It was Tyler Boley I believe who 
> devised a
> > proofing system using a custom dot gain to preview the image.  Carl
> > Schofield came upon an ICC based approach that I highlighted to 
> you earlier.
> > With an accurate method of soft proofing such as the system used 
> by Carl the
> > selection of gamma is irrelevant.
> > 
> > 
> > From: "Johnny Eades" <jeades1@s...>
> > 
> > I received several replies to the question as to what many of you
> > are using your monitor set to---GG 1.8 or GG 2.2; and I may need to
> > clarify my question as first asked. What do many of you have your
> > monitor gamma set to?
> > 
> > I understand all the replies that referred to the color management
> > issues and effect of Gamma on display characteristics. I don't have
> > a problem with Gamma myself, I was just asking what many of you 
> have
> > your monitor set to. I realize the glossy paper has a higher D-max
> > and is therefore going to print the lower tones darker than Matte
> > paper is ,and I make adjustments to the proof to get the
> > satisfactory resulting print on glossy. If the shadows are to low, 
> I
> > raise them to gain printable details relative to the visualized
> > image.Proofing is simply previewing how the finished print should
> > look. My criteria is enough body in the shadows to support the
> > impression there is something visible there.
> > 
> > Your friend in Photography,
> > 
> > Johnny Eades
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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