Digital BW, The Print

On 3/23/05 7:03 PM, "davidpichevin" sent the following verbage:

> I just tried to softprof my image using Roy's grey matte profile in
> PS. It looks identical until I click "simulate ink black". Then the
> contrast is lost and the photo is washed out, I guess just like the print.


Two things, in case they haven't been mentioned. I'm sorry I haven't read
all the posts recently.

Above, is how I ready my QTR files, in QTR-Lab, using QTR-matte and simulate
ink black as the soft proof view. Then you have to apply corrections to your
file, the file won't work the same as it did printing it with the epson
driver, primarily because the QTR 'profiles' have a more linear approach,
they don't compress your tones like the epson driver/profiles tend to do. So
you have to make sure your levels and curves are manipulated properly until
you get the contrast and tonal response you want for your print.

Also, try desaturating your monitor view in the color settings by 30 to 40%
for another better representation of the print. Work your file from the soft
proof you've set up. You are seeing what the print looks like from your
description above, so work from that view. One thing that I'm confused by
though, is why your soft proof in matte is identical to the same image in
lab, even without 'simulate black ink', it should be different.

Carolyn