Digital BW, The Print

Charley wrote:

>... why are there different curves for Mac and PC?
>Isn't the data the same on either system? Is it a difference in the
>driver software?

An excellent question.  I wish a computer guru out there would help us
answer the question why the PC and Mac seem to need different curves when
the tiff, etc. files will print on either.

>I'm noticing more PC curve-sets than Mac,

That is because I have a PC.  Frankly, it's a whole lot easier for me to
make curves on my own system than doing it via the mails - e or snail.
Especially now that I'm getting spoiled with the quality of curves that the
X-Rite spectrophotometer can help make.  My interest in making curves with
the huge variations we see in scanners is getting diminished.

> and wondering if it's
>possible to convert them over to use on my mac?

Again, we really need some more computer expertise on this issue.  It just
seems odd that we need to duplicate the effort by making different curves
for the different platforms.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com