Digital BW, The Print

David

Are you printing RGB or Greyscale.   Are you using ABW.    Do soft  
proof with the correct profile.

Paul

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 5, 2010, at 8:35 PM, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:

> I am curious if others have had the same experience I have had  
> printing B&W digitally...
>
> I started making the transition from analog to digital a year and a  
> half ago (had I known, I would have started by first taking up  
> drinking!) and feel as though I have just recently started getting a  
> more or less firm grip.
>
> I print color only very occasionally but when I do my calibrated  
> monitor and printer don't seem to have much trouble giving me a  
> first print that is reasonably in the ball park. But with B&W I find  
> that though print color is usually within a single point of correct,  
> contrast and density (brightness if you prefer) don't look right in  
> the print unless they look way over the top on the monitor. This  
> isn't really a problem. I understand the transmittance/reflectance  
> dichotomy and have simply adapted to the difference in my workflow.  
> But I would like to know if others have seen the same thing printing  
> B&W as compared to color.
>
> I presume the difference is due to the fact that color as we all  
> know, hides a lot of sins and color printers aren't paying attention  
> to density and contrast as much as B&W photographers.
>
> David Kachel
>
> 


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