The contrast range of many digital images needs to be reset before outputting images to various ends. This is especially important when printing to paper because ink absorbs into papers through a capillary action, most in the cheapest papers (such as newspaper) and least in high gloss paper from slick magazines. The capillary phenomenon is known as dot gain In the printing world, since images are redefined as small dots when printing to publications, The result of dot gain is seen most in a loss of details or muddiness in the shadow or the black region of images.
Colorimetric analysis of scanned continuous-tone color images in a Color Managed Digital Photo Printing Workflow (CMDPPW)