Digital BW, The Print

I have now added soft proofs for Epson Archival Matte paper.  Settings as
below.

http://homepage.mac.com/stevekale/stevekale2/FileSharing37.html



> From: Steve Kale <stevekale@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 18:01:15 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] 4800 Advanced B&W Soft Proofs
> 
> For those who have a 4800, or those who are simply interested in the tonality
> of the 
> Advanced B&W mode, you can download a set of soft proofs for Ilford Smooth
> Pearl Paper 
> and Epson Premium Semi Gloss here:
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/stevekale/stevekale2/FileSharing37.html
> 
> The .psf Adobe Photoshop soft proofing files have been constructed using a 256
> step 
> wedge printed using:
> 
> € 4800 driver v2.33
> € 2880dpi
> € High speed off
> € Fine detail
> € Advanced B&W mode
> € The noted hue (cool, neutral, warm or sepia)
> € Darker
> 
> The soft proofs have:
> 
> € Preserve RGB numbers checked (PS CS2 lingo)
> € Simulate Black Ink checked
> 
> The step wedge was measured using Gretag Macbeth's Eye One spectrophotometer.
> 
> On a Mac the .psf files should be placed in:
> 
> ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Proofing
> 
> I have done soft proofs for Ilford Smooth Pearl (ISP) and Epson Premium
> Semi-gloss (PSG) 
> so far.  I do not intend to do proofs for other options (eg dark, lighter) but
> may add other 
> papers over time, eg some matte papers.  The Darker setting produces very good
> results 
> from a Gray Gamma 2.2 workspace and I would rather tweak a soft proof with a
> "print 
> curve" than tweak at the driver level except for picking hue.
> 
> Even though images are printed with No Color Adjustment/Same as Source and
> hence only 
> the file numbers are sent to the printer (no profile), the appearance of the
> image on your 
> display depends on its embedded ICC profile.  (Assign a new profile and the
> colors 
> associated with the same file numbers change.  Convert to a new profile and
> the 
> underlying file numbers are changed so that the image looks the same with the
> new 
> profile).   My assumption is that Epson worked with Adobe RGB (and hence its
> subset Gray 
> Gamma 2.2) when creating the settings for the Advanced B&W driver.   This
> seems to be 
> born out experience thus far.   Therefore I intend to use Gray Gamma 2.2 as my
> B&W 
> workspace.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Steve