Digital BW, The Print

"Homer Shannon" <remononaz@...> wrote:
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> I quickly re-read your document, BW-Info/Making_B-W_ICCs-1. ...

By the way, I also have tried to use a digital camera to linearize a profile.  
See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Linearization-with-camera.pdf


> I don't have a real scanner though I do have an older HP 3-in-one printer that will create JPGs. Is this adequate to use?

I don't know.  If it does not accept flat, thick originals, that would be a problem.

> If not, what device am I looking to buy or borrow?

A spectro of some sort is the best.  I personally use a DataColor Spyder 3 Print.  It easily reads the simple 21-step files we use, and it makes a text file that easily graphs in Excel.  Some popular spectros do neither.  The DataColor unit is also reasonably priced.
See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Spectro.pdf

 
> Regrading monitors, I calibrate my monitor with a Pantone Huey, which works well for color. Is there anything different you need to do when working in black and white?

I'm not familiar with the Pantone Huey.

I hate to admit it, but with my new LCD monitor, I just manually "calibrated" it based on outputs from my printers using ICCs.  I had to cut the brightness back quite a bit for a good match to B&W. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com