Digital BW, The Print

> I understand the argument in theory but if adobe RGB > inkjet > 
press then a
> monitor that can do Adobe RGB is rather pointless.  I guess it 
hinges on
> whether monitor > inkjet (if inkjet > press).  I use an Eye-One but 
don't
> think that can "display" a profile let alone show the difference 
between two
> profiles.  I guess I can see the differences on any actual image by
> converting to my colour print space, showing gamut warning and using
> absolute colormetric rendering for a proof to the monitor space.  I 
very
> much doubt there is anything I can print that can't be displayed on 
my Apple
> Cinema Display.

Steve,

It's hard to explain unless you can see a comparison of gamut plots 
in a program like ColorThink.  There ARE colors that lie outside of 
the average sRGB monitor gamut, (approximated by most monitors being 
used today), but that can be printed on an inkjet or a press.  I'd 
like to see those colors on my monitor when I am editing and 
preparing a file for output.  That is the point.  Compare the gamuts 
of sRGB, Adobe RGB, a custom Epson profile and US Sheetfed Coated.  
It will then become clear why a monitor that displays the full Adobe 
RGB gamut is desireable.  

Lou