Digital BW, The Print

I agree, I love it. Of course you can do without it, or soft proof
other ways. It's not just hue though, I find many subtle distinctions
more clearly represented on the monitor, and the selected hue can have
an effect on the feeling of tonal contrast in different areas. Paper W
and ink K are very useful to me as well in evaluating how things will
feel on paper.
It could be considered a luxury, but I'll take it.
Tyler


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter"
<spamme2001@m...> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the responses, Carl and Paul.
> 
> When I switched from the PiezoBW ICC system to IJC/OPM with Piezo 
> inks, the hue-based soft-proofing in Photoshop is the only thing I 
> that I really missed. Since the hue of the ink/paper combination 
> plays such an important part in the mood of the final image, I found 
> that having the ability to edit my image with the hue already in 
> place made a big difference in how I interpreted the "work in 
> process" image. And with a library of soft-proof profiles, it 
> allowed me to visualize what the image might look like on papers I 
> had never even considered before, which I found very useful in my 
> creative process.
> 
> I'll take a look at the materials you two suggested.
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter.
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
> <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > Peter,
> > 
> > >If one had a reasonable spectrophotometer, how difficult would it 
> be 
> > >to make a profile that could be used in Photoshop to soft-proof 
> not 
> > >just the density, but also the hue of the ink/paper combination?
> > 
> > >Is this a service someone is willing to provide for a fee?