Digital BW, The Print

Aren't all the RGB partitioned curves (and the lumped RGB curves as 
well) really just specific paper/inkset profiles with the color 
(grayscale in this case) mapping values stored in three continuous 
transfer curves (R,G,B) rather than as descrete values in a color 
look-up table?  

Jeff Randall

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Editor P.O.V. Image 
Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> I was wondering...
> 
> Simply profiling the inksets via Profiler Plus or Profiler Pro may 
not 
> be exact enough given the subtleties of greyscale...
> 
> BUT,,,
> 
> 
> Profiling could serve a use in the following way...
> 
> Supposing when doing the 1270/870 curves Dave FIRST profiles the 
ink and 
> media...
> 
> Then writes new transfer curves USING that profile...
> 
> That could make the curves a hell of a lot more generic for that 
> printer... in the sense that by building other profiles one could 
> roughly adjust for media...
> 
> Instead of creating newly tweaked curves for each and every paper, 
one 
> could potentially simply profile the paper and then print via 
Paul's 
> Curves..
> 
> Pauls' pre-existing curves would be fine for someone unwilling to 
> profile  or  adjust the curves for new media, while the "profile 
driven" 
>  curves perhaps could be an intermediate level  solution for those 
> working with more media and profiling options..
> 
> 
> Comments?
> 
> 
> Keith
> 
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