Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jim

If you print a know print through a profiled printer/media/inkset and
compare it against your monitor it will tell you if there is something amiss
with your monitor calibration.

William
  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jim Panzer
  Sent: 07 November 2005 20:07
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Calibrated monitor/Dark prints


  "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


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