Digital BW, The Print

Like Fred, I don't fully understand soft-proofing on a PC either.  I
didn't think that the new profiles solved that problem on a PC.  I 
thought that what they did was solve the problem of "linearising", and
thereby solved the problem of compression in the darker tones, and
images looking a little dark & flat.  Even using the profiles, I still
find my images a little dark, and have to use some of the controls in
QTRGui(ink limit adjustment and gamma adjustment) to lighten things up
a bit.  Maybe I need to check the black and white points on my 2100.

If I've misunderstood something, happy to stand corrected.

F_P


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades"
<jeades1@s...> wrote:
> 
> Hello Fred, 
> 
> I take it your monitor is calibrated using some kind of device and 
> software combination. This is a must to produce consistent and 
> predictable results from any workflow. Go to 
> www.zuberphotographics.com and download the Black Point/White Point 
> information for the printer. Do the procedure to determine what
Black 
> Point is needed to allow you to print a full tonal ranged image,
and 
> then do the procedure for the White Point to do the same thing. You 
> may be surprised what this simple procedure can do for your
printing 
> results. I found that I had been using the Zero point to indicate
my 
> black point and after doing the BP/WP I now use BP=19 and WP=252.
Do 
> this test on all the types of paper you use.
>  
> 
> Roy has created a gray working space to enable softproofing from
the 
> working gray workspace. Download from Roy's website the two
QTR-Gray 
> Lab and QTR-Gray Lab Matte/Photo files. After you have image ready
to 
> convert to Grayscale, go to Image>Mode>Convert to profile and
choose 
> the Gray Lab; then immediately after converting it to Gray Lab; 
> convert it AGAIN to Gray Lab Matte to have final access to your
soft 
> proofing procedure. Further adjustments can be done to the image 
> before saving and printing. The results from the BP/WP testing can
be 
> put into a curve that can be applied to the Grayscale image (Gray
Lab 
> or Gray Lab Matte/Photo) and the resulting image will print with
the 
> minimum amout of ink to show total black on the paper used and the 
> maximum amount of ink to show total white. I hope your results will 
> please and surprise you. Mine surely did when I followed this
system.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny