Digital BW, The Print

People just need to think of a colour managed workflow.  This is colour
managed except that rather than profiling every single ink and paper for
both luminosity and hue, Roy has made too approximate profiles which ignore
hue (Lab without the a and b remember) - one for a "general" matte paper and
one for photo.  

So think printing and soft-proofing with your Epson colour-managed workflow.
You select the print space and select your intent (in this case perceptual)
and check black point.

As for QTR Gray Lab - it is Lab less the a and b (because in editing a=b=0
for B&W).  Simple.  Elegant.  Powerful.


> From: Pieris Berreitter <pieris@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:14:12 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Roy's gray profile for QTR
> 
> 
> 
> If anyone has any suggested deviations from the following workflow,
> please let me know. Otherwise it's going as-is into my "how to"
> digital darkroom web page.
> 
> Download grayspace from
> http://homepage.mac.com/royharrington/FileSharing2.html
> 
> There's an informative readme in this zip file, which gives
> installation and usage instructions.
> 
> Throughout the workspace, there is only one instance when you would
> ever use "assign profile" as opposed to "convert to profile." That is
> if you are perfectly happy with how your existing image prints, but
> you want to use Gray Lab to save time and space.
> 
> PC users:
> - Get the image into Gray Lab by converting to Gray Lab space.
> - You may soft proof in the Gray Matte/Glossy paper profile and work
> in this space, for best WYSIWYG experience.
> - convert to matte or glossy gray paper profile
> when ready to print.
> 
> Mac users (what Steve Kale said):
> same as for PC, but when printing:
> - print with the following settings:
> document space=QTR Gray Lab
> print space=QTR Gray Matte/Photo Paper
> Intent=Perceptual
> Black Point Compensation=on
> 
> -Pieris