Digital BW, The Print

Scott

Keep reading and learning but also jump in and print as you go - there's
nothing like the deep end to get the legs and arms moving....ok just get in
at the middle!  It's not that hard and is getting easier. Two years ago I
didn't even realise that I could print photos at home on an inkjet!  I was
stunned when a digital guy at my local lab told me I should buy the new
Epson 2100 printer which was then about to come out (I had just bought my
first home laptop).

Oddly enough, it is easier in the end to begin with the colour stuff and to
learn the principles of colour management first.  Once you've sort of got
that in the bag you can then learn why those colour management tools today
don't work so well for B&W and go on from there to understand the various
(there really aren't that many ie 3-4) dedicated B&W workflows out there.

The reason why I think this approach is better is because the B&W world will
likely slowly rotate back to a colour managed workflow as colour management
tools begin to accommodate B&W much better (eg by being able to write an
I(nternational) C(olor) C(onsortium) profile for a B&W ink set up).  In
addition, it teaches you a lot about the fundamental terms at work including
those that seem to be a constant source of confusion for people (usually
only those who are not interested in or prepared to make a simple effort to
learn about them).

;-)


> From: Scott McLoughlin <scott@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 04:54:25 -0400
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Matching Monitor and Print
> 
> 
> That's good to hear. Part of my trepidation is using the 2200
> to also get into color printing, monitor calibration, profiling and
> the like. Right now I use pretty simple tools - PWP, a laptop with
> a Dell Trinitron hooked up to it and the C86.
> 
> It's good to hear that the basic stuff remains easy with the
> 2200. I'm still learning :-)
> 
> Scott
>