Digital BW, The Print

Ken and Scott-

If you have an LCD with separate brightness, contrast and backlight 
control you can calibrate the monitor for any gamma and temp at any 
luminance level.  Although a luminance of 100-140 cd/m2 is considered 
standard, I calibrate mine at about 40 and get a luminance that is 
very close to that of a paper print at 450 lux.  This makes soft 
proofing much more accurate.  The i1 actually measures the luminance 
level for you, which makes the setting repeatable.  Incidentally on 
my Sony LCD, this is a backlight level of about 30%.

Walt



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney" 
<kcarney1@c...> wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> My biggest problem in transiting to an LCD for b&w was that the 
thing was so
> dang bright and constrasty (get the sunglasses).  Life became 
easier when I
> cranked down the brightness considerably and turned up the room 
lights, and
> then calibrated (OptiCal Pro).  No problem then relating shadow 
detail to
> the print (using ImagePrint RIP).  With color it is the same, but 
there I
> can soft-proof and get it the first time or maybe second at most. 
> 
>   --Ken 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On 
> > Behalf Of Scott Jones
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:00 AM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] OT: Need help on upgrading monitor CRT to 
LCD
> > 
> > Greetings:
> > 
> > Sorry for the OT post, but this is my main printing community 
> > and this question does pertain to my ability to print.
> > 
> > I currently use a very old 17" Compaq CRT calibrated by 
> > Monaco. I wish to change to an LCD and am wondering if Dell's 
> > UltraSharp 17"
> > LCD monitors will be of sufficient quality for my B&W and 
> > color printing on my R2400 printer. I will be calibrating 
> > with the Monaco. Will it be good enough in the shadows and 
> > have good enough color qualities to do good quality 
> > photographic printing?
> > 
> > I use Windows XP and have a video card that can handle both 
> > analog and digital output. Thanks for helping me make this 
> > transition...
> > 
> > Scott