Digital BW, The Print

> From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...]
>
> 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.

It sounds to me like your monitor isn't as well-profiled as you think it is.
I can put up a step wedge, and clearly see the differences in the dark end.
Indeed, I can see the difference between Lab L=0 and L=2 in a brightly lit
room, on both my CRT and laptop LCD. Both were profiled with an Eye-One Pro
spectro.

I expect that if you were to get your monitor to distinguish the shadows,
you'd get better matching. Maybe it would be worth trying a different
colorimeter.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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