Digital BW, The Print

>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

Dear Steve

I cannot help thinking that one vital element is being ignored in all 
the advise being put forward, and this is there is a strong likelihood 
that your light for evaluating the prints does not meet industry 
standards, so the prints will indeed look too dark.

Cheers

Richard
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Richard Kenward  (Pro-Imaging.org   member)