Digital BW, The Print

Interesting question Gareth.  I'm using the UT inks with my 1280 but 
without any printer profile at all.  Maybe I should?  When we do the 
conversion to grayscale/RGB in Photoshop and apply the curves we're 
to put the image into the Adobe RGB (1998) space.  I'm not sure why 
we do that if there's no printer profile used.

Tom

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "garethlock4472" 
<g.loc@o...> wrote:
> I am finally getting my head around colour management which is a 
real 
> bonus as I do most of my work in mono!
> 
> I use an Epson 1270 loaded with CIS Ultratone Mono Inks printing 
onto 
> EAM and Permajet Glossy and Matte Papers. I print from both PS7 and 
> QImage but prefer the latter. However I do not use the generic 
Epson 
> 1270 profile in either because I find it lays down too much in the 
> shadows (on a wedge chart blocks from 85% upwards!).
> 
> I know that you can profile colour charts using a Gretag Macbeth to 
> give a comparison between what the GM equipment thinks the colours 
> should be and what the printer has printed them as and provide a 
frig 
> factor to bring the printer inline with the GM colour range. 
> 
> The question I am asking is - How do you provide a mono solution 
for 
> ink/paper profiling because I do not have access to a colour 
> printout? Would it be as simple as converting the GM chart to mono 
> and then scanning it in as all the GM kit is looking for is a 
> difference rather than an absolute number?
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance.
> 
> Gareth