Digital BW, The Print

Isn't "profile - same as source" the problem? If  working on a file
that is DG20%, won't something like DG 10% as a printer profile be
needed to match monitor and print? I got this from Clayton's article
#4 years back. 

Or is it too late at night and I'm missing something?

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Mo,
> 
> >Converted color digicam file. 
> >Profile is dot gain 20%.  
> > 
> >I have tried to print in Adobe RGB with the saturation change to
> >essentially BW, same outcome.
> > 
> >I see what you are getting at however.  Possibly the profiling
> >workflow is in error and the printer is looking at a different image
> >when printing.  
> 
> Well I was just searching for any clues.  Everything sounds fine, no
> red flags.  Does the 1280 driver have an ink density setting of any
> sort?  Sorry, I don't know what else to suggest other than to continue
> double checking everything.  There has to be a reason, just have to
> find it.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>