Digital BW, The Print

I bought PhotoKit and PhotoKit Sharpener (www.pixelgenius.com) and have had
pretty good luck with it.  Here is my b&w workflow.  I would appreciate any
comments for improvement.  This is for printing with Epson OEM inks.

Workflow:

1.	Scanned 16-bit RGB image
2.	Make all tonal adjustments possible in 16-bit, curves, levels and history
brush
3.	Convert to 8-bit
4.	Photokit capture sharpener
5.	Flatten image
6.	Photokit color to b&w conversion w/appropriate filter
7.	Photokit layer adjustments except sharpening and toning
8.	Photokit creative sharpening brushes
9.	Flatten and save
10.	Image>duplicate (tile display) for comparison
11.	View>proof colors>paper profile for image to print
12.	Layer>new>layer set for image to print
13.	Curve etc. layer as necessary to approximate copy
14.	Turn off soft proof, discard copy
15.	Apply desired Photokit b&w toning layer
16.	Save with soft proofing layer set and toning layer as PS .psd as
image_notfinalsharpened.psd, replace step 9
17.	Photokit output sharpener
18.	Flatten
19.	Print/preview with proof space as source, output same as source, no
color correction
20.   Exit image without saving if you get a good print

This lets you go back and have second thoughts about the toning layer or the
layer set for soft proofing. If you're fortunate enought to have a good
print, successive prints require only applying the output sharpener and
flattening.  I don't print very large (about 10x15" image size for 35mm
max), so there may be some improvements that would show up with larger
prints.  Thanks for any suggestions.

Regards,

  --Ken Carney
    www.kencarney.com