Digital BW, The Print

Paul, thanks. I'll give that a try after dinner. 

Bob

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> >Since swapping my FNS-E inks (John Woolfe workflow) for UT in my 1280
> >and Paul's workflow, my prints are far from what I see on the screen
> >like they used to be. Prints are now much lighter on EEM. ...
> 
> Different workflows can have very different gammas or midtone
densities.  I
> have used the midtone density target that I was getting with my 1160
and the
> Piezo driver several years ago.  I wanted my files to print the same
on the
> various inksets I was using.
> 
> I'm not sure what Woolfe used as his target midtone density.
> 
> As far as color settings are concerned, I set the Edit, Color
Settings top
> line (overall settings) first to Photoshop 5 default settings.  Then I
> switch the RGB to AdobeRGB(1998).
> 
> In the print driver the most important setting in Color Management
is "No
> Color Adjustment."
> 
> I use the Photoshop Preview function to match the monitor image to the
> print.
> 
> Here is the procedure I use (which I first saw explained on the
Piezo list
> by Tyler):
> 
> 1.	Open the file that has a good range of tones and that you have
> printed with the printer & inkset you want to match.  I like to use the
> 21-step test file.
> 
> 2.	Go to Image, Mode, and Assign Profile.  Check, "Don't Color Manage
> This Document," and hit OK.
> 
> 3.	Go to Edit, Color settings.  A "Color Settings" box should appear.
> Move it down so that you can get to the top of it, but so that it
does not
> cover your image.  Check "Advanced Mode" and "Preview."  In the "Working
> spaces" box, scroll "Gray" line up to "custom Dot Gain."  A curves box
> should appear.
> 
> 4.	This is the curve that allows you to adjust the image on the
> monitor.  The idea, of course, is to match image on the monitor to
the print
> of the image that you've already made.  After you have matched the
two, name
> the curve in the space at the top of the box and hit OK.  The curves box
> disappears, and you now see the name you just selected in the "Gray"
Working
> Space line of the Color Settings box.
> 
> 5.	Click on this new name in the "Gray" line.  Scroll up to and click
> on "Save gray."  Save it as an .icc file.
> 
> 6.	In the "Color settings" box, which should still be open, hit
> "Cancel."  This will leave all of your working spaces as they were
before.
> 
> 7.	Now you are back at the image file you had originally opened. Go to
> View, Proof Setup, Custom.  The new curve you made should be in the
list,
> probably at the bottom - Select it.  Then check "Preserve Color
Numbers."
> The image on the monitor should then look like it did while you were
making
> the curve.  Hit OK.
> 
> You can also record a Photoshop "Action" so that the preview/monitor
> profiling steps become a simple, single-keystroke function (for example,
> function key 2 on a PC can be designated to apply the preview).  (To
record
> an Action, click the Actions pallet tab, click the upper right
arrow, start
> recording, select the function key, hit View, Proof Setup, etc. as
above,
> then click the Actions pallet upper right arrow and stop recording.)
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com