Digital BW, The Print

I think because there must be a standard to which the tones have been 
created trhat everyone can use and Adobe98 seems as good as any?

Gareth

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband" 
<thusband@s...> wrote:
> 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