Digital BW, The Print

Thanks to all who offered help with this problem,

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "skefford_1"
<keff.antispam@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Kobrin"
> <kobrins@> wrote:
> .....
> > 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.
> ...
> 
> This is a popular misconception with colour management. It is not to
> give you WYSYWIG. It is to manage your colour. With a monitor and a
> printer WYSYWIG is an impossibility. This is not to say that you can
> not get a better interpretation on your monitor, but don't expect it
> to be spot on, otherwise you will just be disapointed.
> 
> Steve
>