Digital BW, The Print

Hi- go to <http://harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.html#softproof> and download the files 
for the i1Match. You can follow the directions substituting your Monaco instructions. I 
have used this with a Gretag Spectroscan with excellent results. 
Greg W




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rjtthomaselli" 
<rjthomaselli@c...> wrote:
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> 
> Hello I am new to the group.
>  I am using UT7 inks with the epson print driver on a 2200 printer
> I have acces to a Monaco spectrophotometer and would like to be able to linearize my 
> printer so I can write profiles for differnt paper types and take advantage of photshop
> cs softproofing feature. I have tried the procedure using the 21 step wedge and 
> making custom dot gain cuves however this limits you to working in 16 bit grayscale
> if you are working with a monotone rgb file it wont softproof. could anyone recomend 
> a way around this ideally I'd like to be able to write profiles or at least linearize using 
> the monaco software and the dtp41 spectrophotometer. however the linearization 
> chart that is packaged with the monaco software does not have a complete strip form 
> white to black it is composed of 2 colums and the second has some yellow wedges in 
> it. anyone recommend any tutorials etc on this subject.
> thanks Josh T.