Digital BW, The Print

>...As currently configured, mid grey shifts when we load one 
>print curve vs another - even though it did not shift in the 
>digital negative...

No with my curves -- although, of course, the tolerances & consistency of
our systems are not perfect.

The simple bottom line question for me is what that midpoint target should
be.  Does a target of Lab L=50 (about visual density 0.73) come closer to
what you think would be the best midpoint target?  I assume you think the
midpoint target should match the monitors, which I fear may vary.  As I
noted earlier, I've been consistently using 0.61, but the L=50, which is
also the Kodak standard gray card density, has a lot of appeal to me on at
least some levels.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com