Digital BW, The Print

...Not related to Qimage but:

the device class of the gray-lab.icc profile is "output" rather than
"display" it should not be able to be used as a working space except
by applications that are bending the rules.

To be generally used as a working space the device class needs to be
changed to "display".


...John


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
<roy@h...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband" 
> <thusband@s...> wrote:
> > 
> > Anybody using the new QTR gray-matte or photo printer profiles when
> > printing to file with Qimage?  I don't think it's possible as Q
> > converts the image to rgb and then chokes on the gray-matte profile. 
> > I had to print to file as rgb without a profile and then take it in to
> > Photoshop to convert to grayscale and add the gray-matte profile. 
> > Then I could print with QTR.
> > 
> > We really need to convince Mike Chaney to add grayscale printing
> > capability to Qimage.
> > 
> > I like the results though awkward as it is.
> > 
> > Tom
> 
> 
> Seems like there ought to be an easier way.  I have to learn more
about the
> details of what Qimage is doing.  When you have a grayscale image in
> Qimage and want to print it -- can you, do you have to pick an RGB 
> profile for printing when you are sending it to a file?  
> I'm trying to figure out how much color management is going on and if
> you have control over it.
> 
> Roy