Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 9/13/02 4:33:35 PM, qdb@... writes:


> 
> You could print a gray image without the tint picker - just a regular 
> desaturated RGB image - but you may not then get the same B&W quality 
> you'd get from the dedicated profiles designed for the best B&W 
> printing.  But you could then at least colorise part of your image.
> 

This brings up an intriguing idea; convert the image to grayscale right in 
Photoshop via Convert ot Profile using the special gray profile, so the grays 
are balanced as desired for that particular ink, paper, and settings, rather 
then being workingspace grays where R=G=B, then add your spot color(s) to the 
image, and print without further color management. There are a couple 
possible issues with this technique, but it would be interesting to try.

C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
CDTobie@...


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