Print Viewing Stations

What You're Doing is Probably Wrong
How do you judge your prints?
Do you take them off the printer and walk over to the window? What about at night? Do you stand underneath a bright ceiling pot light when you do your colour evaluation? Or, maybe you use a halogen reading light to judge your prints.
Possibly the lighting is bright enough at your desk so that you don't need to do any of the above.
Well, if so, you're not doing your print assessments anywhere near as well as you should.
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Print Viewing Stations
If all of these usual methods of evaluating prints are wrong, what then is the prefered way?
The graphic arts and printing industry have recognized the need for uniform, consistent and technically accurate print viewing stations for years. But commercial and fine art photographers are discovering their benefits, and new less expensive models suitable for home and small studio use are now available.
What these devices offer are D50 (5...