Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Bob Frost" <bobfrost@b...> wrote:

>I already have ProfilerPro and a ColorMouse for
> making 'serious' profiles, but the Gray Balancer from what I have read is
> far simpler than profile-making...

Not at all. Making a profile is far easier. What you need to do is use the NEW 
extended RGB target for ProfilerMaker instead of the 2.88 target and you'll 
see excellent profile quality and very, very good neutral gray balance. If you 
do not have this target, email me off list and I'll send it. I'm not sure it will work 
with the ColorMouse however. You'll need an EyeOne, Spectroscan or DTP-
41 as there are 900 patches to measure. 

The Gray Balancer isn't going to help with soft proofing images in Photoshop 
(in fact it will make it worse as you've altered the behavior of the printer and 
thus your profiles are now hosed). That's a serious problem since you really 
need to use profiles to alter the RGB values in a file for the Epson and have 
control over gamut mapping. 
 
> I just don't think that professionals such as you should be advising Epson
> on what they give to us amateurs. 

Tell Epson. 

> but the 2200/2100 printers are not
> professional printers -

Why not? Because of the price of the printer or the size they output? Pro's use 
them. You don't need a 9600 if you're printing 11x14's for your portfolio.