Digital BW, The Print

Tyler Boley wrote:


> Since I think this started off with how to make a profile that
> replaces all neutrals with K, and some neutralizing CMY, I have a
> feeling this feature is for something entirely different, increasing
 > TAC

That is its task. Making Rich Black which is almost the opposite 
of what we want.

Like David Tobie writes the term "Rich Grey" isn't appropriate 
for a profile that tries to make a neutral B&W print with a black 
that is as poor as neutrality allows. But "Poor Grey" isn't 
selling well. It is something closer to BO than to Rich Black. 
"Lean Grey" "Lean Black"?  English isn't my tongue.

Starting from a neutral printer profile and editing that profile 
as much as possible with the saturation slider in the negative 
should get you somewhere I think.  Taking out the yellow channel 
and getting neutrality in line again with the cyan and magenta 
may take more time and is more problematic. In the end it should 
give the same profile. If the process is linear enough.

Ernst