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Re: [Digital BW] Re: the low-down on the Epson 4000

2005-05-05 by Steve Kale

Jean-Marc

Jump straight to the ICC profile output workflow with QTR and use these ICC
profiles for softproofing.  They won't proof for hue but the proof for tonal
compression and your output will be better.

Steve


> From: Jean-Marc Humbert <humbertjm@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 08:44:23 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: the low-down on the Epson 4000
> 
> Don't believe it or not, but I 've just purchased an used 4000,
> downloaded the QTR and printed a perfect B&W A3 sized picture within
> half of an hour! This RIP is IMHO of a great value.
> 
> I am now working on softproofing for B&W prints with QTR (there is a
> short tutorial on Roy's site) and may be, will go back to "dot gain
> curve" method (as used in the past for piezography with the 21 steps).
> But for that you need a densitometer.
> 
> JM Humbert
> Paris, France
>

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