Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Charles,
> 
> I have very good WYSIWYG set up for the MIS-VM inks on Photo Rag 
using a
> profile generated by Profiler Pro. After the RGB curve has been 
applied you
> use the profile via View>Proof Setup>Custom in Photoshop. I then do 
my image
> editing in this mode which reflects both the color of the ink 
specific to
> the chosen curve, neutral, medium warm, etc., and the base color of 
the
> paper. You can use the profile to preview what the image would look 
like
> with different curves applied. This is really a great way to work 
and speeds
> up the process of getting to a final print. I still do some 
tweaking after
> seeing some real prints though. A back illuminated screen image is 
never
> quite the same as ink on paper.
> 
> The bad news on this is that I spent $900 for Profiler Pro from 
ColorVision
> and another $1,200 for a SpectroCam photospectrometer to measure the
> required test patches and feed the data to Profiler Pro. I would 
share the
> profile but the ProfilerPro license does not allow me to do that.
> 
> The next best alternative to full color WYSIWYG is Tyler Boley's 
method of
> setting up and using a custom dot gain curve with your workflow. 
Check out
> "Matching Your Monitor View to Your Prints in the Files section of 
the group
> homepage in folder:
> 
> Files > Image processing
> 
> Bottom line you can make great prints without any of this. After 
all, an
> enlarge in a darkroom gives you zero WYSIWYG! All your decisions 
are based
> upon the previous print and you can work that way in digital as 
well.
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
> 
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html

Thanks Martin for the reply, being a complete newbie I am a little 
bit confused about the "Matching Your Monitor View to Your Prints" 
article, does it permit MIS VM tones? so I get to WYSIWYG the tones?

Although im a complete novice in MIS inks, I have played around with 
pshop before and I wonder if I can use the Duotone/Quadtone mode in 
pshop to preview the prints? Basically Id apply Paul's curves to a 
set of quadtones (for VM it is the toner and the blacks) Has anyone 
tried this to preview their prints? 

The downside to this method is that you can't turn it on and off like 
in CMYK proof preview...