Digital BW, The Print

No not at all but I was suggesting that if you have a colour managed
workflow there is no advantage to using QTR-Gray Lab (if you want to see Lab
values you can of course have them in the info palette) and hence it is the
greyscale ICC profiles that are the gain not the additional potential
workspace.  

Many many people, I suspect though, still have a "no colour management"
workflow for B&W and hence the issue of aligning the workspace to the
printer output is a relevant issue.  I've made no secret of my belief that
Roy's program for generating a greyscale profile could be expanded greatly
in its application, eg to those using a black only workflow.

(I even potted around with C++ and Cocoa programming for a bit to see how
difficult it would be to expand on the idea/program.  While I got the basics
and could write a few basic programs, I can tell you I now have a new found
respect for those who write even the simplest of programs these days!!!
Things have changed since I learnt Cobol at university.  :-)  Trying to
understand the nuances of the ICC profile spec is one thing.  Programming it
is a whole different kettle of fish!!  Again, I thank Roy for his generosity
in making available his skill.)


> From: Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:29:08 +0200
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Optimal RIP gamma - was how many shades of grey?
> 
> Steve Kale wrote:
> 
>> At any
>> rate, if you are not using colour management a workspace of L* is still not
>> close to the profile
>>  
>> 
> Sorry but did I suggest a workflow like that ?
> 
> Ernst