Digital BW, The Print

What screen luminance is appropriate will depend on your ambient light  
levels.

C. D. Tobie
WW Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
DataColor.com
CDTobie@...

On Sep 5, 2008, at 7:46 PM, "richardeskin"  
<richeskinphoto@...> wrote:

> I calibrate with an i1, but found that (1) I need to use the advanced
> calibration to calibrate luminosity and (2) the recommended value of
> 120 is way too high and that 85-90 generally works better.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rickbehl"
> <RickBehl@...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wonder if someone can help before I pull out the rest of my
> remaining
>> hair on my already balding head...
>>
>> I have just purchased the Spyder3 studio. I calibrated my monitor
> with
>> the Spyder3 Elite and also a paper/ink combination for my printer
>> using the Spyder3 Print 1005 device. (Paper = Hahnemuhle Photo Rag,
>> Ink = Epson Ultrachrome, Printer = Epson 3800).
>>
>> On printing however I noticed that although the general colours of
> my
>> print look good there is not enough detail in the shadows (which I
>> could see on the screen). I have also noticed that after calibrating
>> my monitor using the Spyder3 device I cannot see as much detail in
> the
>> shadows on a Black and White test image as I could before
> (previously
>> I was using the Eye One Display 2 calibration device).
>>
>> Any help please would be really appreciated !
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rick
>>
>
>
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