Digital BW, The Print

Hello Jay,

I've dealt with this recently myself. The method I used to determine 
the black point and white point is to open the image>layers>levels> 
then hold down the alt key and move the left sliding button just 
enough to move it>the image will go away and place of it will be 
just some areas showing the darkest part of the image>choose an area 
from that image and it will reset the 0 to a number that represents 
the darkest part of the image. Do the same with the white (highest 
level) and use these as a standard starting point for the rest of 
your images.

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" 
<bob@f...> wrote:
> Jay,
> 
> Try setting your black output level (not input level) in levels to 
25 then. 
> That, I believe, redefines 25 as 0 and shifts everything above 
accordingly 
> in your printer.
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jay_madrid" <jay_madrid@y...>
> 
> I am finding that to my eye the output is extremely neutral. 
However,
> after printing some graduation test images I'm finding that RGB 
values
> from approximately 25,25,25 on down are all printing as black- i.e.
> the printer is printing too dark. I plan to experiment with
> curves/levels adjustments and/or custom profiles to resolve this. I
> have no doubt that I'll be able to get output that is good enough 
for me.