Digital BW, The Print

Peter,

Between what you already said, below, and what Jeff has contributed, I think
you have a good idea of how it's done.  Then it's just experience.

Actually, I made the first ones for printing Piezo with the Epson driver
just by using a Piezo print of the 21-step test file and then eyeballing the
test prints compared to the Piezo print.  You can actually do a fairly good
job just using your eyes and doing a side-by-side comparison.

That said, I used a scanner for most and now use a densitomer if doing the
curves in-house.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Peter Marquis-Kyle"
<petermk@o...> wrote:
>
> I am keen to contribute to the pool, if it's within my capabilities.
>
> Paul, do you have a step-by-step description of the process? I
imagine it
> involves printing stepped gradients on the paper to be 'profiled',
and making
> iterative changes to the transfer function to match the printout to
a standard?
>
> Is a flatbed scanner a sufficient measuring device? (I don't have a
densitometer
> in my kit, or in my budget).




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