Digital BW, The Print

I've found a way to strip read the targets.  I used ColorLab to create 
new reference and target files from the original i1 RGB 1.5 reference 
file.  I converted the target tif to LAB-L and then gray (gamma 2.2) as 
before for printing. The new reference file is placed in the reference 
files>printer>eye-one> folder in the ProfileMaker Pro folder so it can 
be accessed by MeasureTool.  The new target tif file has borders around 
the patches and it is easily strip read in MeasureTool.  You need to 
check spectral data in the configuration and then pick the new target 
reference file from the chart pop-up list and specify strips with gaps 
before reading the strips.  The data is saved from MeasureTool as a 
text document and the file is placed in the i1Match measurement 
data>printer folder.  Next, open i1Match, select the radio button "load 
the measured chart" and open the file that was read and saved from 
MeasureTool.  i1Match will then create the profile and it did so 
without errors on my first try.  I've added the new target and 
reference files to the Softproof archive on my filesharing site for 
those that want to try making their own softproof icc profiles with the 
eye-one.

Carl

On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 03:15  PM, Carl Schofield wrote:

> I recently discovered (stumbled across) a way to create standard icc
> profiles that can be used for soft-proofing QTR prints in Photoshop.
> I've put a sample soft-proof profile that was created from an icc
> profile for a QTR sepia curve that I use quite often in an archive on
> my filesharing site.  Just drop the proof profile (sepia1.psf) in the
> folder Library>Application Support>Adobe>Color>Proofing and follow the
> illustrated instructions for using the soft-proof in the read-me file
> that is also in the archive.  You don't need to be using or have QTR
> installed to just see how any RGB or grayscale image you have will
> actually look if it were printed with QTR and the sepia curve I'm
> using. The read-me also has instructions for creating the icc profiles
> if you want to make your own.  This can be applied to any inkset/paper
> and probably with quad workflows other than QTR as well.  One of the
> nice things about using standard icc soft-proof profiles is that you
> can work up your image for printing in any mode (full RGB color or
> grayscale) and get a preview of the printed results as you do RGB to
> grayscale conversions, curve adjustments, etc. with the soft-proof
> turned on.
>
> The softproof archive with the profile and tutorial is in the QTR
> Soft-proof folder at:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/scho/FileSharing2.html