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Re: [Digital BW] How reliable/ precise is your b&w print workflow?

2004-10-16 by sdmey4@aol.com

In a message dated 10/15/2004 8:31:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tyler@... writes:

> Sort of, but not exactly. What StudioPrint, QTR, and I think IJC do is
> hardware linearize. Basically density adjustments. I'd describe it as
> a 2 dimensional mapping, not what a color managed icc conversion does,
> which is a 3 dimensional color mapping, and done so by the icc
> standards. For example our SP density files can't be utilized by icc
> aware apps.
> 
> In terms of repeatable consistancy, via accurate hardware
> measurements, for grayscale output, in a sense it amounts to the same
> thing.
> How's that for confusing?
> Tyler
> The later it gets the more sense you make, not confusing at all.
Steve M.


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