Digital BW, The Print

David,

Have you read "Making Curves for QuadToneRip - A Tutorial"?  This 
document is available for download from the page where QTR is 
downloaded. It goes into great detail on all the variables as well as 
linearization.

Once you have a linearized/optimized curve, you can take a look at what 
you're outputting vs what you think you seen on your monitor. If 
converting to Gray Matte space, for example,"flattens" your image, try 
applying an S curve to punch it up a bit, just as you would with a color 
image.

I've been using QTR since it was released for WXP, and through a lot of 
T&E have produced B&W images with no  color casts that are equal, and 
some superior, to anything I ever produced from a wet  process. But like 
everything else, it does take some tweaking to get it where you 
ultimately want it to be.

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