Eye dropper puzzle

I'm trying to get a better match between my monitor and print and in so doing have used a marked ramp from complete black to white- 0 to 255 units. In using the eyedropper tool it will correctly match the marked density of any particular patch but, if I darken or lighten the monitor, there's no change in the eyedropper reading.
I don't think this is critical to what I'm trying to do. My prints are a bit darker than what shows on the monitor. The settings for printer and paper are set correctly but, regardless of the monitor luminance, the prints are somewhat darker. The best solution seems to be a final brightening tweak beyond the preferred monitor appearence before printing. I was experimenting with the eye dropper tool to nail this estimate but the tool seems unaffected by the monitor brightness.
Thanks, Arnold

Not trying at all; something's up here. You should expect the dropper to sample a consistent color no matter what layer is current.
What you're seeing and what I'm seeing are indeed different.
Let's make absolutely sure that when you activate the adjustment layer you're clicking on the left icon so that you're not accidentally sampling the image mask (I don't think you are, because you'd be seeing pure white if you were).
1. Per your instructions I created a test square filled with dark gray (24,24,24),
2. I saw that I was sampling (24,24,24) with the eyeropper tool.
3. I then put a Brightness/Contrast Adjustment Layer above it with Brightness set to 62, mixing Normal.
4. I selected the Brightness/Contrast Adjustment Layer (left icon) and the dropper sampled (35,35,35).
5. I selected the Background and the dropper sampled (35,35,35).
6. I changed the mixing mode of the Adjustment layer to Multiply.
7. Both layers sample (3,3,3).
Something's wrong on your system because it's not supposed to read differently on the different layers given the Sample All Layers setting.
I haven't asked you what version of Photoshop you're running, nor whether you have OpenGL enabled...
If CS4 or CS5, does changing the setting of OpenGL change the behavior?
-Noel

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