Digital BW, The Print

I'm trying to re-think this issue.  Some feedback would be most appreciated.

In my experience, monitors typically compress the deep shadow values of an
image.  That is, the typical monitor, profiled either manually with Adobe
Gamma or more accurately with, for example, Spyder2Pro, will show almost no
difference between 100% black and 90% black.  The monitor and print may also
show the midtones with different brightness and contrast characteristics.  

If the monitor and print look different, there would seem to be two basic
approaches that could get them to match better:  

First, the view on the monitor can be altered to match the print.  

Second, the image file can be printed so that the print matches the
monitor's view.

Would it be easier to accept what the Spyder2Pro does and simply match the
print to that?  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com