Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David B. Brooks"
<fotografx@m...> wrote:
> >>Cone is doing it now, no doubt much better than we did.<<
> 
> Tyler,
> 
> ICQ is not ICC compliant.

David, ICQ is way old news, not what Cone is doing now. The new
profiles are fully icc compliant profiles, used with the Epson RGB
driver. Of course that does not satisfy your other interests below, as
they will probably not profile competitor's inksets, and they do it in
house, not offering the profiling system for sale.
Regarding the rest, I'll answer in a bit to your previous post with a
long and boring reply <G>.
Tyler

> As I mentioned in another post on this issue the
> RIP¹s and plugin solutions that are available are all proprietary,
excepting
> of course the Linux based GIMP RIP.
> 
> What I was suggesting is a system truly parallel to ICC based color
> management tools which will support calibration/characterization
that will
> generate ICC compliant profiles which require no special proprietary PS
> plugins, special drivers or RIP¹s.  What I am envisioning is an entirely
> independent user facilitated adjunct to the present color management
> standard that will interface seamlessly, and does not tie the user
to any
> particular brand of inkset or printer model.
> 
> I think this will be essential for full acceptance by the prosumer
> marketplace. What the current situation in B&W printing solution
reminds me
> of was when Agfa released FotoTune 1.0 some 15 years ago. It only worked
> with a full complement of Agfa hardware and software.
> 
> Regards, David B. Brooks
> Shutterbug Magazine
> E-mail: fotografx@m...
>