Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> As far as I am aware this can't be done.  Yes you can take a custom 
dot gain
> curve and have PS convert that to an ICC profile but I don't think 
that is
> what you want.  Hence Roy Harrington's efforts re QTR-Create-ICC 
which reads
> Gretag Macbeth Measuretool data and creates a greyscale ICC profile.
> Colorshopx has a utility which attempts to do the same thing but 
you can't
> read actual data and you can only input a transfer curve.
> 
> 
> > From: wwodets <odets@c...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:39:59 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Some help on curves conversion to ICC, 
please . . .
> > 
> > For printing on the 2400 I've put together a PS curve to match 
screen
> > to print, essentially a luminance profile of the ABW mode.  This 
has
> > allowed me very precise screen control by adding a layer to the 
file
> > for viewing (which is then, of course, turned off for printing).  
I'd
> > like to be able able to convert the PS layer curve to an .ICC 
profile
> > so that I can use it in the Soft Proof mode.  I know that the 
Color
> > Management dialogue allows a custom ink gain curve, put this is 
not
> > precise enough.  How can I take the curve (or its numbers) and 
make an
> > ICC profile from it?  Many thanks.
> > 
> > Walt   
> >