Digital BW, The Print

How did you calibrate the monitors? Adobe Gamma or hardware device?
Have you tried using a test image file to judge monitor and print accuracy?
TonyR


On 07/11/2005 20:06:54, Jim Panzer (jimp@...) wrote:
> "Calibrated monitor/Dark prints", ha, sounds like a new reality show from
> the Fox network.  Anyway, I have recently purchased and printed quite a
> few
> prints with the Epson R2400, both color and B&W.  Also I just
> calibrated my
> monitors for the second time trying to figure out why my prints are so
> much
> darker then they are on screen.  I have two Dell LCD's and used the 6500k
> setting to calibrate by.  But still, the prints on my monitor have all
this
> shadow detail that just gets lost in the final print.  I have tried
applying
> a curve to brighten the image just before I print but then I get ugly
> results with certain shots.  I am using the proper profiles and such also.
> So my question is; does anyone have any suggestions I could explore to try
> and resolve this issue.  I am going to try and do the step wedge and see
> what I get also.  It just seems silly that I have to drastically brighten
> images just before going to print in order to get accurate prints.  Thanks
> to all for any help you might be able to give.
> 
> Jim