Digital BW, The Print

I don't use a scanner, since I don't shoot film, only a digital 
camera.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "zonepeter" 
<zonepeter@a...> wrote:
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Do you "need" to do curve creation? No.  Not if you  are satisfied 
> with your results.   The main reasons for using it is to create 
> profiles customized to your printer, ink and paper combinations.  
If 
> you are using a setup for which profiles already exist, you may 
see 
> only limited improvement making your own.  It will depend on your 
> printer.  My printer prints very well with the "canned" profiles.  
> This is basaed on densitometer readings compared to the "ideal" 
> densities listed in Tom Moore's tutorial.  Where the curve creator 
> may be most useful is for papers or inks that profiles don't exist 
> for.
> 
> With that said, the process of creating curves reads worse than it 
> is.  Instead of reading the tutorial, start doing it step by 
step.  
> Follow the directions carefully.  Do be aware you need a scanner, 
or 
> densitometer of spectro.  
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Peter