Digital BW, The Print

Johnny, for occassional color work, I'd buy a color profile from 
somebody.  I think your procedure will take a lot of time and give 
you mediocre results, at best.  Scanner based profiling is not very 
accurate or satisfying in my experience.  I tried Monaco EZ Color a 
few years back and found it very lacking for good color printer 
profiles.  What you really need is a spectrophotometer and a good 
profiling package.

Lou


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades" 
<jeades1@s...> wrote:
> I have an X-Rite 810 densitometer that I got to create paper curves 
> with QTR, but for the occasional color print I wish to create a PS 
> curve to profile my printer. This is my planned procedure based 
> entirely on something I remember reading somewhere at sometime in 
the 
> past; so I wish that you friends will correct me if I'm heading in 
> the wrong direction based on your experiences.
> 1. Using the Gretag/Macbeth image file from some source (?) print 
it 
> out on my printer as I would normally print a color image.
> 2. Scan it
> 3. Open it in PS.
> 4. Reading the gray squares on the bottom line, create a curve in 
PS 
> to bring the readings to the readings of the original GM file. 
> Assuming this will also bring the color squares to match the 
original 
> readings of the GM file.
> 5. Apply this curve to my color images just before printing from PS.
> 6. Print settings for PS:
>     A.Document source: Adobe RGB
>      B: Print space: Same as Source
> 7. Driver Settings for 1280
>     A.Custom setting: Gamma 1.8 and sliders at 0 on Epson HW Matte.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny