Digital BW, The Print

Does anyone know of a good workflow online that describes this 
process of setting up profiles, assigning profiles, choosing 
settings on the Epson print dialog box, etc. for color 
management?  I just got a Colorvision monitor spyder to 
calibrate my monitor, but don't know whether to assign that 
profile or the Adobe RGB (1998) profile to my images prior to 
adjusting them.  Still trying to get settled on this color / B&W 
profiling thing...  

Andy



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" <
paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Ericka,
> 
> The preview method outlined below is just for the file while in 
grayscale.
> You will print the file in the normal way, and you'll find when you 
contert
> to RGB the preview is no longer active and the monitor image 
will look
> darker -- like it did before the preview was applied to the g/s 
image.  The
> preview is just a monitor adjustment and does not affect the 
file.  Convert
> to RGB and apply the tone curve as usual.
> 
> Paul
> 
> _______________________________
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: ericka_akcire [mailto:ericka_akcire@y...]
>   Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 9:22 AM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Matching the Monitor to the Print
> 
> 
>   I'm working on matching my monitor to my prints & I plan to 
use
>   the "tyler method" below because that seems to be the 
favored way. I
>   just have a quick quesion:
> 
>   When I print out this print that I'll be trying to match to the
>   screen, do I convert to RBG and use the curve (i.e. vmp8-
nc16.acv)
>   that I plan to use? or is there something I'm missing?
> 
>   Thanks,
>   Ericka Menchen
>   www.erickamenchen.net
> 
>   --------------------------------------
>   I've addressed this often with friends, and it never seemed 
that
>   clear for PS6, so I thought I'd post it for posterity here since
>   I finally have a handle on it. It works well for any printing 
method
>   that starts with a gray scale file. Print out an image, many like 
the
>   step wedge but a full scale image works better for me,
>   with the gray scale pasted in to it. Save the file, let the print 
dry.
> 
>   1) Open the file, go to image/ mode/ assign profile, select 
"don't
>   color manage this document".
> 
>   2) Go to edit/ color settings. Check Advanced Mode, check 
preview. At
>   working spaces, scroll gray up to "custom dot gain".
> 
>   3) Adjust the curve so that the image on the monitor matches 
your
>   print, name the curve in the space provided. Click OK.
> 
>   4) You should now see your curve as the gray working space, 
click on
>   it and scroll up to save gray, it should automatically
>   have selected your colorsync profile folder on the Mac, no 
idea
>   where it goes on a PC, hopefully PS automatically brought up 
the
>   right location by default. No need to rename it, save.
> 
>   5) You should now still have the color settings box open, don't 
hit
>   ok! Hit cancel so all you working spaces will remain as
>   before, this new curve will only be used for preview.
> 
>   6) Go to View/ Proof setup/ Custom. Scroll down to the 
bottom, your
>   new curve should be there, select it. Check "preserve
>   Color Numbers", unlike previewing with color profiles. Hit ok.
> 
>   You can now toggle it on and off, and use it to preview any 
gray
>   scale file that is tagged in any space. It's been working well
>   to use while making tonal adjustments on files to be printed 
with
>   quads. My apologies if you all had this squared away before. 
For some
>   reason it eluded me for a bit in PS6.
> 
>   Tyler
> 
> 
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