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Re: [Digital BW] trouble with dark prints on a 3800

2007-09-22 by eihnhoven

anything you care to elaborate about?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@...> wrote:
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> I wouldn¹t decrease the monitor luminance.  Your issue likely lies in your
> printing workflow.
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> From: eihnhoven <eihnhoven@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:32:53 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] trouble with dark prints on a 3800
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> Hi All,
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> My b/w and color prints are all about 3/4 stop to dark when printed.
> Since I'm new to printing, is this a situation I'd make a custom curve
> to apply before printing? Or could I decrease my monitor's brightness.
> It is calabrated and I could simply set a new luminance target that's
> lower than my current 115.
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> What do you think?
> 
> Dan
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