Digital BW, The Print

Hi Joe, a couple more questions:
  IJC/OPM profiles are not 
> ICC profiles, so a standard ICC profile can't be used.  
> Since IJC/OPM is built for any ink set,  IJC ( the profile editor) 
gives the user a 
> complete visual system for making and modifying profiles.

In a related post Peter mentioned that OPM is a standalone program; 
does that mean that one could work up the profiles in IJC and print 
them in any standalone program, like Qimage, for instance? How are 
the profiles applied, are they adjustment layers as in Paul's 
workflow, are they imbedded, which part of the IJC/OPM duo actually 
applies them? I ask because very high on my wish list is the need to 
have multiple-print compositng somewhere along the line without 
having to make really massive Photoshop documents. If I can print 
from Qimage or better still, Quark, it would make a huge difference.

 
> When editing a Curve Shape you can use any of the built-in 
predefined curve 
> shapes, or completely free hand (Free Edit) your own.  The built 
in shapes are 
> designed to be a quick way to make quadtone or hextone profiles.  
For 
> example to make a profile for a 4 color printer (like a 1160) with 
Quadtone 
> inks, it's as simple as Selecting the "Black ink Shape" for Ink 
1,  the "Dark grey 
> Shape" for ink 2, the "Mid Grey Shape" for ink 3 and the "Light 
grey ink  
> shape" for ink 4., Then print out your Linearization Target read 
it in and your 
> done. (More on Linearization later )
> 
>
How difficult would it be for someone like me, who has a good 
flatbed scanner but no densitometer, to re-assign and profile5 ink 
channels in a 7500 to print neutral to warm matte inks, and reserve 
the K channel for a gloss optimizer for RC prints? 

Steve Karafyllakis