Digital BW, The Print

John - I'm in the early stages of working with the software from 
Colorvision (ProfilerPlus) to make profiles for using my Epson 1280 with 
the Epson inks on PhotoRag paper.  I don't know if this is what you're 
looking for, but:  You use the Colorvision Spyder to calibrate your 
monitor, you make a print of a supplied color chart with the 
ink/printer/paper combination you plan to use (according to their 
instructions, which essentially have you turn any printer color 
management off), you use a flatbed scanner to make a scan (again, 
according to their instructions), and then you open the scan of the 
printed chart.  At that point you use their software from within 
Photoshop to create a profile based on that scan and then make a test 
print of an image.  After examining the test print you can adjust the 
profile, essentially by making a new one of the same scan you used for 
the first one, but with some slider adjustments. 

My first attempts were frustrating, but after calling them and changing 
the gamma setting on my scanner for the scan of the print of the chart, 
it went well.  I still have some questions for them about tweaking the 
profile, but it got me started.  Let me know if I can answer any 
questions you may have about this.

Best,
Stephen Petegorsky
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