Digital BW, The Print

Jim, looking at the histogram I don't see any clipping, the print 
came out very smooth. No diff between the color print or the B&W with 
the warm curve except the color

Vinny

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Vincent Orlando" 
<orlandovl@h...> wrote:
> 
> I did the conversion as the last thing. After all my editing I just 
> converted to GS and back to RGB. I didn't seem to lose anything. I 
am 
> working in the color space that Paul advised. I have one in the 
> printer now that I printed with a color printer first so I can 
> compare them
> 
> Vinny
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "jim hayes" 
<jimhayes@j...> 
> wrote:
> > For the 2nd conversion from greyscale to RGB to prepare for 
> printing:
> > It may be implied, but also make sure that you are not in your 
> editing 
> >  greyscale space (the greyscale space you use to get your monitor 
> to 
> > match print, 20%dot gain, more likely a custom dot gain curve, 
> etc), 
> > and make sure that you are in the appropiate RGB space Paul's 
calls 
> > out for your printer/OS combo. In most cases this is conversion 
> from 
> > the grayscale space of "gamma 2.2" to either "sRGB" or "Adobe98".
> > 
> > But I question if the first conversion from RGB to greyscale 
would 
> not 
> > comb out your image data and cause posterization even before you 
> had a 
> > chance to work on it. Have to be checked anyway. Might be okay if 
> you 
> > were in 16 bit mode.
> > Jim H.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Vincent Orlando" 
> > <orlandovl@h...> wrote:
> > > Bob, what I found after many hours is if the scan picks up any 
> sort 
> > > of color, which it normally does, before printing change to 
> > grayscale 
> > > and back to rgb and you should be allright
> > > 
> > > Vinny
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., workmantx@a... wrote:
> > > > Vinny,
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for the information.  I'm going to be shooting and 
> working 
> > > with some 
> > > > chromogenic film shortly (Ilford XP2 super).  I'll scan as 
RGB 
> and 
> > > wasn't 
> > > > sure exactly how my workflow should progress in PS before 
> applying 
> > > Paul's 
> > > > curves.
> > > > 
> > > > Bob