Digital BW, The Print

Once you follow Lou's advice and that should get you close in 
brightness, a simple way to get it spot on is to add a brightness 
curve for each paper type where you can adjust shadows, mids, and 
highlights. 

SteveB    

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Neilsen" 
<e.neilsen2@...> wrote:
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> Some people are better managers than others, and some just don't 
see well
> enough under various lighting conditions to be ABLE to manage it 
well. We
> can calibrate monitors, printers, and chose the right light but we 
can't
> calibrate with ease the way we see or don't see. 
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> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
cdtobie
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:30 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Matching monitor and print
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> On Nov 25, 2008, at 6:56:20 AM, skefford_1 <keff.antispam@...
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> 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.
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> Thats what I always hear people who aren't getting a tight screen 
to print
> match say; but with care selection of displays, appropriate ambient
> lighting, good proofing lighting, well  mannered inks and media, 
and some
> careful tweaking of printer profile preview functions, dead-on is 
certainly
> possible, at least at certain phases of the moon...
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> C. David Tobie
> WW Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor
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