Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, BKPhoto@a... wrote:
> Daniel-
> 
> Not to be picky, but QTR (like the Bowhaus RIP) does not use profiles. They 
> use print curves. Printing curves and printing profiles are not the same thing, 
> although used properly they can both work for grayscale printing.
> 
> 
> 
> Bill Kennedy
> Associate Professor of Photocommunications
> St. Edward's University
> 512/448-8680

Bill,

A set of print curves is a profile, and visa versa. Just because QTR doesn't store its profiles in the International Color Consortium (ICC) standard file format, doesn't make the curves any less a profile. 

Its actually not that hard to translate from ICC to QTR to PhotoShop curves.

Ciao!

Joe