Digital BW, The Print

I'm new to QTR, but I will tell you my reason for not using it as my working space--but rather have it as my 'proof'--meaning I convert to it.  I prefer to work in Adobe RGB98, process as b/w (and use a variety of ways depending upon the image)--but I don't convert to LAB until the end (and then to gray-matte paper, my usual paper).  I can't use PKS in grayscale for one thing--and this is normally my last process before printing.   I'm watching to see how others handle this, but that was my understanding of how to handle it--as a 'conversion'.  It works well for me.  If I need to do just a bit more to the file before printing, I can still  add an adjustment layer to it, but I've done most of my work in RGB, 16 bit (and, in fact, most of it besides the b/w conversion, was done before the RAW conversion since I shoot mostly digital RAW).

Diane.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andrew Unger 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:48 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Quadtone RIP Faded print



  It was my understanding that QTR Lab Gray is intended to be the 
  Grayscale Working Space.  I have made it my default for working on 
  grayscale files.  You can do this by clicking on Edit/Color Settings 
  and then change the Gray Working Space to QTR Lab Gray.  

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