Digital BW, The Print

Hi Keith,

I haven't got a lot of experience with glossy papers, but one thing
I noticed was that many are very similar as far as profiles.  So if
you like OFB curves it's quite possible that the same profiles will
give good results on some other papers.

If you have a "good" stepwedge you could use a fladbed scan
of the good wedge and a test wedge.  Then make a correction
curve that gets you close.

Roy



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kcooper666" 
<yahoogroups@n...> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I've only recently got a 9600 for photo printing use and have been 
> experimenting with some of the 2200 curves.
> 
> I found the OFB ones give quite good results with Epson 
> semi-gloss. Since the printer is to be used for glossy colour as 
> well, matt black ink is not really an option... 
> 
> My question is whether there is any way I can use a flatbed 
> scanner to have a stab at linearisation? My attempts at 
> borrowing a densitometer have been unsuccessful so far, and 
> they are not exactly cheap (or plentiful on eBay here in the UK)  
> I'm happy to do any calculations and have a go!
> 
> Would it possibly be easier to scan a step wedge and create a 
> photoshop acv curve? or does this affect a different area of how 
> the driver works?
> 
> Although happy to experiment ... if anyone has Photo black 
> curves for any of the following I'd be greatful for the approriate 
> numbers:
> Epson  PGPP(250)
> Epson Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250)
> Epson Smooth Fine Art
> 
> (why these papers? - rolls of them came with the printer :-))
> 
> As an aside to this I was wondering how  Gimp-Print 5 will 
> benefit the quad side of things, given the significant architectural 
> changes?
> 
> bye for now
> Keith Cooper