[Leica] Prints are way too dark. Driven to distraction

[Robert Adler]

Personally, I don't think your missing anything Lew. Even though these
calibrations are supposed to calibrate for "luminance", I tend to turn my
monitor down 2-4 stops to match a standard calibration chart that I've
printed on my printer. Then I adjust in CC or LR on a monitor that has been
darkened by the above process. Seems really dumb, but it works...
Best,
Bob
PS-Please let me know if you find out differently!

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm printing on Epson Proofing, using LR 5.7, Epson 4880, ViewSonic monitor
> and I've just re-profiled monitor and printer using colormunki, plus I
> confirm that both monitor and printer are using the new profiles. The
> resulting prints are aprox 2- 4 stops too dark. Too dark is an on going
> problem for me, LR, the 4880 and this monitor; I expected things to get
> better after the colormunki stuff. I've just been winging a solution in the
> past by using the exposure control in the LR develop module and the
> brightness setting in the print module. Not a great solution, but workable.
> Now, with these new profiles, I'm not even close. WTF? Things are way
> worse. What am I missing?
>
> -Lew Schwartz
>
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Bob Adler
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