Digital BW, The Print

Dan,

Since you are working with a grayscale image in a 2.2 Gamma Grayscale 
color space, how are calibrating the on screen grayscale view to the 
final print? Or does this flow through using Paul's workflows? Or 
have I missed something all together?

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Dan Culbertson 
<danculb@b...> wrote:
>  
> > What do I need to know about choosing a grayscale working space. 
I've tried
> > gamma 2.2, dot gain 20%, and no color management. Frankly I do 
know what the
> > heck I'm doing here.
> > 
> > FWIW, I ultimately convert the file to Adobe RGB in order to use 
Roark's
> > Variable-Tone method, but I keep an archive of the files in 
grayscale too.
> > 
> > Suggestions?
> > 
> > Todd
> 
> Since you will be converting to a 2.2 gamma RGB working space it 
would be
> good idea to use a 2.2 gamma grayscale space.  A 20% dot gain 
working space
> is just another way of assigning a source profile (curve) to the 
file.  The
> 2.2 gamma is better unless you are creating images for a standard 
printing
> press.  Once you convert to Adobe RGB your initial grayscale 
profile is no
> longer important.  The Adobe RGB profile is now assigned to the 
file and is
> used as the basis for the monitor representation and the conversion 
to a
> printer profile on the way to print.  If you have a good RGB 
profile for the
> printer you can use it in the RGB preview option in Photoshop 6 to 
see how
> the image will actually look when it prints.  But that can't be a 
canned
> Epson RGB profile -- they are non-standard and do not work 
correctly in
> Photoshop.
> 
> -- Dan Culbertson
> so many years, so little time...