Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler Boley" <tyler@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: B&W Printer Profiling


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Colin Anderson" <
> colin@t...> wrote:
> > I currently have Praxisoft's WIZIWYG profileing software
> snip...
> > So, my question is, how do you go about profiling paper for a B&W
printer
> > setup?
>
> There is info here on quad profiles if you search the archives, look
> for Dan Culbertson's posts. Since profiles are generally intended for
> correcting color, the resulting profile will not be one you can print
> through and get adequate quad results. It's usefulness is primarily to
> preview through while working on or applying separation curves. Also,
> since the software expects to see and measure color, it may choke on
> trying to deal with a chart full of grays.
> Pofiler RGB will actually produce a profile, but the jury is still out
> on how good it is. I don't know if anyone here has tried WiziWIG.
> Profiler Pro seems to be successful for RGB profiles, but much more
> money particularly when you add the photospectrometer.
> One profile point I don't think has been mentioned-
> You can print through a quad profile, and it may be very linear, but
> won't be separated properly to minimize dots since that has nothing to
> do with correcting color.
> Tyler
>

Thanks Tyler. I'll search the archives. One thing though, if profiles are
mainly for correcting colour prints then why are there so many for the Piezo
system? I am about to start printing with the MIS VM inks and was just
curious about getting profiles for different papers with that inkset.

Thanks,
Colin.

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