Digital BW, The Print

On Jan 10, 2005, at 1:57 PM, jsigmonmd24 wrote:

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> Is monitor calibration/profiling necessary for black and white
> digital printing and photoshop processing of scanned black and white
> negatives?
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> Obviously a must for color work, just wondering if necessary to
> spend the time and expense to calibrate my new Mac display for BW
> work only.

A calibrated display is a must for all imaging work. If it's a brand 
new Apple display, don't bother tweaking the RGB channels, just set an 
appropriate white point and gamma. If you don't have good reason to go 
otherwise, try 6500k @ 2.2 gamma. For B&W, gamma will be your most 
important setting.

-R