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[Digital BW] Re: Optimal RIP gamma - was how many shades of grey?

2005-06-20 by Tyler Boley

John, it's a valid approach, though I tend to agree with you. Clayton
has some very interesting reasons for using it, and after seeing a
print from him, I accept his approach. It's just not for me.
Also, ease of use also makes it worth a try for some people.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> Now that these 3 black channel printers are out there and there are
so many 
> rich tonal pigment solutions, for the life of me I can't imagine why
anyone 
> would want to print out of one channel anymore. Those days are far
in the 
> past for me.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> > > For BO printing why not simply make RGB profiles? I realize it's not
> > > as whiz bang but it will have all the tags you are after,
preview very
> > > nicely, etc..
> > > You'd probably be limited to printing out of adobe or other apps
that
> > > allow conversion before handing off but I'll bet that's most people
> > > here anyway.
> > > You'll have an on-the-fly conversion from grayscale to the RGB
> > > profile, that then printed with BO, but so what?
> > > Tyler
> > > 
> > > 
> > >

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