Digital BW, The Print

Sorry to butt-in. I've stuck with analog. My primary is a 21" Diamond Pro 91TXM.

gar

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On 4/24/08 at 4:01 PM Louis de Stoutz wrote:

>Hello Clayton,
>
>first, let me thank you for the amazing work you do with your site, and 
>what an incredible free source of information this is to the whole B&W 
>community. This is real generous altruistic work to me.
>
>Second, may I ask you what kind of monitor you use? Do you think that a 
>properly calibrated "non-Eizo-colour-management" screen like the 
>Samsungs, Benqs, HPs, whatever, can do the trick?
>
>With my best regards,
>Louis
>
>
>Clayton Jones wrote:
>> Hello Louis,
>> 
>>> ...does WYSIWYG with a reasonable monitor get you close enough to the 
>>> final print?
>> 
>> My experience is like Joost.  I've found that perfect WYSIWYG isn't
>> possible because of the difference between illumination and reflected
>> light, but it's good enough that I can do most of the work on screen
>> before making the first print.  I also make my initial test prints
>> very small (3x4") to use less ink and paper. 
>> 
>> Sometimes I'm so close on the first print that only minor adjustments
>> are needed.  Other times when subtle differences are more important
>> and I get real fussy it requires several test prints.  It varies from
>> one image to another.  
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Clayton
>> 
>> 
>> Info on black and white digital printing at    
>> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>> I-Trak 2.1   http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm
>> 
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