Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 5/28/02 11:53:21 AM, ghile@... writes:

>How useful is a spyder and color cal software for BW? I don't have access
>to
>a photodensitometer  and sure as hell can't afford to buy one. I can get
>custom dot gain settings _pretty_ close with a GS ramp, but not close enough
>on this high contrast monitor. Would a package like Colorvision be effective
>for profiling an LCD StudioDisplay/1280? If so, any other packages
>recommended?

A Spyder can make the grays on your screen both neutral, and the correct tone 
of gray. This can be useful in managing work to your printer, but is really 
only half the battle without output control as well. For black and white, 
output control can mean a very different thing than it does with color, and 
meticulous adjustment of curves or ramps by trial and error is possible, if 
not ideal; while for color the three dimensional nature of the process means 
that using special equipment and software is really the only effective choice.

C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
CDTobie@...