Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon"
<westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
...
> It isn't "pervasive" throughout photography, though the usual suspects
> (Macbeth et al) would like it to be, and no, it doesn't "work" so much
> as distract: clear on most digital photolab forums. 

Ever try to work with a digital photolab that isn't up to speed on
color management?

> Profiling is mostly a workaround that pretends numbers replace highly
> developed visual skills ...

Visual as in what you see on your monitor? So what are you seeing on
your monitor, is it profiled?

...
> Profiling is irrelevant to *most* who do digital printing. 

...then...
> 
> Evem more to the point, Epson's newest printers are mere place-holders
> that will very soon be replaced by *self-profiling printers* following
> HP's Designjet 130.   
> 
> Look at the Designjet 130 to see Epson in 2006.

So I guess that means that the printers DO need to be profiled, self
or not.

Ahh, for those glory days before color management, everything worked
so well...
...oh, uh, memories return...

There may be reasons to avoid some aspects of color management, but
without understanding it you won't know which or why, or realize what
may be going on in the background without your knowledge. It's on,
it's here, and you can't turn it off.
You are free to let it help or hinder.
Tyler