Digital BW, The Print

> "Paul's curves can be adapted to work very well with the 
> standard Epson driver and the 2200. I've adapted the warm neutral and
> >warm curves to work with my 2100 already."
> I assume that Paul is Paul Roark, a frequent contributor.

Correct.

> But what are his "curves," where does one get them, and how do you
"adapt" 
> them to work with the standard epson driver?

It's a file you can load with the curve tool in photoshop before you
print the image. It's will change the colors in the image so the
different grayscale tones are printed with the correct inks. You will
need to convert the image to RGB for this to work.

If you don't want to mess with difficult settings then you probably
don't want to start modifying these types of curves either, but applying
an existing curve to an image is very easy. I'd be happy to supply my
curves to anyone who needs them, and I'm sure others will create new and
improved curves and workflows as well, once the empty cartridges for the
2200 are released.

> Are these curves 
> profiles that you load into and then select in the Epson/Photoshop 
> printer driver(s) somehow (instead of selecting one of the provided 
> epson paper profiles or "printer color management")?

You apply the curve to the image and then print it normally, without
additional profiles. For these curves you use 'Same as source' in the
Photoshop print dialog, and 'No color adjustment' in the Epson driver
settings.

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Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no