Digital BW, The Print

Kevin,

Roy has done some very interesting work on the soft proofing issue, as noted
in the post, below.

To be honest, I just match the grayscale image on the monitor to the print.
Since the photos are mostly monotones, I have not felt the next step of
matching the tones (color hues).  Frankly, given the monitor I use, it would
probably be an exercise in frustration anyway.  I always do virtually all
editing in grayscale and save that file.  I never know until I print which
tone or inkset I'm going to use, so editing and saving an RGB file that had
a curve applied would wreck the file for future use.  So, bottom line, in my
approach, the conversion to RGB and application of the curves, where false
colors appear on the monitor, is just part of the printing process, not the
editing process.

To match the monitor's grayscale image to the print, I use a Photoshop
custom dot gain curve.  That procedure is explained on my information web
page, the second URL below.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

For UT2 information, curves, and settings see:
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/ 



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-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Schofield [mailto:scho@...] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:17 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: 2000p or 1280, piezo or mis? Break it down...

You can make your own softproof icc profiles for any B&W printing 
workflow.  See:
http://www.harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.html

On Wednesday, February 25, 2004, at 02:31  AM, Kevin wrote:

> Paul,
>
>> The 1280 and UT2 have a number of such pre-made curves; I do not
> support the
>
> Is it possible to softproof with the UT2 inkset?  I've read the MIS
> site workflows using curves or epson print driver and wasn't sure
> how to get an accurate preview before printing.
>
> I'm assuming the piezo system's use of icc profiles allows for this
> previewing, which seems advantageous.
>
> I have a 1280 and am contemplating on which quadtone system to buy
> into.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Kev




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