Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Mike,

I have PS set to gamma 2.2 for B&W.  While it is off topic for this
list, I notice the same problem with color prints using the Epson
profiles for specific papers and inks. (I am very sure that the
settings in the print dialog are correct.)  Do I need to reset the
Mac's gamma to 2.2?  Or will this require an adjustment curve?

Thanks again.  I have read most of what I can find about ABW on the
net.  However, I am obviously missing something.

Steve




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael King"
<drmrking@...> wrote:
>
> Steve,
> But as far as I can tell you haven't profiled your ABW printing
path, so you
> have only profiled half the workflow.
> If you don't have a reflective spectro to profile prints, you can
try and
> fudge it.
> 
> Epson set up ABW so that the "dark" setting approximately matches
gamma 2.2
> image.
> Note on a Mac your default gamma is probably 1.8.
> 
> I would Google Epson ABW and read up about how to use this with and
without
> printer profiling.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/24 Stephen Kobrin <kobrins@...>
> 
> >   I find that my prints are consistently darker than my screen. I
use a
> > Macbook Pro and an external 24" Dell monitor. I have profiled the
> > monitor with a Xrite eyeone -2 and print on a 2400 using ABW. The
> > prints are consistently darker than the screen even when I use basic
> > Epson papers (e.g., EEM). I have CS3 set correctly to no color
> > management and selected the paper correctly. The monitor is connected
> > via a DVI cable. The monitor does not have a contrast adjustment, but
> > I can adjust the brightness. However, I assumed that the eyeone takes
> > care of that during the profiling process.
> >
> > The tonal rendition (shadows, highlights and midtones) looks ok to my
> > very amateur eye. The only problem seems to be that the prints are
> > consistently darker than the monitor. While I can increase brightness
> > using a curve before I print, that seems to defeat the whole idea of
> > profiling.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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