Digital BW, The Print

Ellie, as Roy noted you may have better luck measuring his chart. He
did a great job of organizing the patches so that you can strip
measure "without gaps". With your software you shouldn't have to
rename his text file either, making things a bit easier. Just drag his
text file into the ProfileMaker Pro x.x.x/Reference
Files/Printer/EyeOne folder. A note of caution, these conversions must
be done carefully as the software is assuming specific RGB values were
sent to the printer. Make sure you convert the gray chart to an RGB
space of the same gamma, and then assign, don't convert, the chart to
whatever space you normally send to the RIP. ProfileMakerPro and
EyeOne Match supposedly use the same algorythms, so it should work fine.

Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "colorspanmam"
<Ellie@I...> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Tyler,
> 
> I will try to make the profile from the converted file first, as it 
> might be difficult for the eye one to read the patches on the 
> ordinary target. I will try that one next, though, if the first 
> method doesn't give me the desired results. I will just give it a 
> try with the Profilemaker Pro software as I don't have Eye One 
> Match. It should work the same, at least I hope so.
> 
> Thanks also for the info on the rendering intents. I do not change 
> that at the RIP end.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ellie
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" 
> <tyler@t...> wrote:
> > ...
> > I'm not Roy, but here's an opinion. I'd just make normal RGB 
> profiles with =
> > your software using a supplied RGB target. Treat it as though you 
> would one =
> > of your RGB scans, send it to the printer as you normally would. 
> Let the RIP=
> >  do what you normally would, converting to the apropriate 
> proprietory media =
> > profile etc..
> > If the target file comes up in Photoshop uintagged, you might want 
> to assig=
> > n (don't convert) it with whatever space your files are normally 
> in when sen=
> > t to the RIP. That way the RIP will "convert from" in the same 
> manner as a n=
> > ormal image file would.
> > Believe me, it'll work. Regarding intents, you don't need to worry 
> about it=
> >  as the proper use of "preserve color numbers for previewing makes 
> it irrele=
> > vant. If you do in fact pick between different intents in the RIP 
> for differ=
> > ent images, then yes you will have to profile them separately.
> > Hope that helps.
> > Tylerÿ