Digital BW, The Print

Johnny,
The method you describe certainly works, but it can be even more streamlined. If 
you generally use the "Gray Lab" for your B&W work, you can just change your gray 
settings in the Photoshop "Color Settings" area to "Gray Lab." Then you won't even 
have to bother with the Convert to profile step. As soon as you're in grayscale, 
you're in Gray Lab. The end results should be the same.
Sarah
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades" 
<jeades1@s...> wrote:
> 
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> 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