Digital BW, The Print

> From: Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@...>


>I wouldn't know how to improve on that
> without making the solution less universal.

Yep

>I never wear white or black
> shirts but that has little to do with the work :-)

LOL!  Magenta casts on your monitor?
> 
> Soft 
> proofing will speed up the printing process but like Bruce says do not
> expect too much of it so speeding up the real proof is a good thing too.

But it is a big leap from the anarchy that exists without it - may as well
use the technology on offer.

> 
> BTW, this must be the thread with the most text ever. Very few practical
> solutions.
> 

Oh I don't think so.  Within a year we have obtained the ability to produce
ICC profile based soft proofs of any workflow - QTR, Paul Roark, or BO.  QTR
has jumped even further into a fully colour managed workflow.  There are
still many vagaries to the technology and the fact that not all users have
the equipment to do their own proofs etc and so must rely on profiles
generated by other users introduces further variance.  And at the heart of
it all is a decently profiled monitor.  But the biggest issue seems to be
the lack of adoption of what's already available....