Digital BW, The Print

Todd,

The custom curve is to get WYSIWYG inside of Piezo. In theory, you 
should make a seperate curve for each paper/profile combination you 
use.

The procedure is the manual which I believe is available on their 
website.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> Forgive me folks, as I don't have the Piezo software I don't have
> instructions for setting up custom dot gain curves, but I'd like to 
learn
> more about them to see how they might benefit my workflow 
(presently MIS
> VM). I looked for info about it on inkjetmall's site but I couldn't 
find it.
> If it isn't a violation of some sort would someone be willing to 
email me
> the directions for setting up the gain curves from your piezo 
instruction
> set?
> 
> Why are custom dot gain curves necessary for Piezo? I am of the 
impression
> that profiles should make dot gain curves unnecessary. Is that 
right? Isn't
> the idea that you are supposed to calibrate your monitor to a 
particular
> standard, and your printer/paper/ink gets profiled to a different 
standard,
> and when both of these devices are each properly calibrated and 
profiled to
> their own standard, the net result is a good match? Thus, where 
does the
> custom dot gain fit in-- is it meant to be in lieu of a properly
> calibrated/profiled monitor, or is it only intended as a stop gap 
measure
> for papers for which you do not have a profile?
> 
> Thanks 
> Todd