Digital BW, The Print

I would say that the #1 requirement for a monitor for B&W is to be able to
display at least 256 calibrated levels of gray.
Unfortunately most monitors can't, because they rely on video card
calibration and at best that gives you 256 levels and so you are guaranteed
in practice to get less than 256.

Only monitors that provide internal calibration using better than 8 bit
(typically 12 bit) can give you 256 or more levels of gray. Probably the
best buy today is the Eizo CG222W.

Also when soft proofiing for printing on matte paper you really need a
monitor with a gray bezel (not black).
Otherwise your image on screen looks too light as your eye is using the
black bezel as a reference point for black rather than the darkest gray on
the screen.

My Eizo has a black bezel and I am going to cover it in gray card and
experiment with calibrating the black point of my screen to the max black of
the matte paper.

Far from being off topic, I think discussion /understanding of appropriate
monitor set-up is critical to a good print workflow.

Mike





2009/2/12 Richard Smallfield <r.smallfield@...>

> It's the only monitor on the market in its price range with a 178 deg
> viewing angle and it has a non-glare surface.
>
> I believe the gamut is not as good as the more expensive ones, but if we
> are printing primarily Black and White, I think other considerations like
> viewing angle might be more important.
>
> Some more expensive models, like the Samsung 215TW, which have been well
> reviewed, have only a 170 deg viewing angle.
>
> Richard
>
> At 10:27 a.m. Friday 13/02/2009, you wrote:
>
> >Hi Richard-
> >
> >Not much there-more of an addy than a spec sheet. Why do you think this is
> >such a good monitor, other than the monitor type?
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Richard Smallfield <
> ><mailto:r.smallfield%40paradise.net.nz <r.smallfield%2540paradise.net.nz>
> >r.smallfield@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Mark,
> >>
> >> At 09:08 a.m. Friday 13/02/2009, you wrote:
> >> >>Do you know what % of RBG 1998 color space this monitor renders?
> >>
> >> Here is the spec sheet:
> >>
> >> <
> http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/monitors/en/monitor-dell-2209wa-spec-sheet.pdf
> >
> http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/monitors/en/monitor-dell-2209wa-spec-sheet.pdf
> >>
> >> Richard
> >>
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> >> --Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the Younger 4 B.C. - A.D. 65
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >
> >Bill Morse
> >Wm. Morse Editions
> >
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> >
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