Digital BW, The Print

Yes.

I do use both although I sometimes toggle the white point simulation
off/on because I'm more comfortable editing without it in general.
D'min and near it, is what it is and it won't get brighter by editing.
I do in fact see the huge difference in the beginning before editing
for specific profiles. I do both B&W and color work using several
printers with multiple papers and have found soft proofing to be a
huge help. I also keep an eye on absolute #s just to be on the safe
side of things. It helps as a small check against nasties like starved
print heads and monitor changes and so on. I also have found that it
takes a considerable amount of time for a print to actually completely
dry down and stabilise, sometimes several days even. I've occasionaly
made changes and reprinted too quickly, much to my chagrin.

Regards

Duane





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> If soft proofing a B&W image to a matte print space you would, in most
> instances, see quite a large change - definitely if your image uses
the full
> range of your workspace (ie the full histogram).  Do you check
"simulate ink
> black" for B&W and "simulate paper white" for colour work?  If you
don't you
> are not seeing the impact of reduced black and duller white.
>