Digital BW, The Print

Both statements are true.  You can create your own curves with QTR and a
spectro, or use the curves provided that were created with Inkjet Mall
in-house profiling tools.
The in-house tools have been developed specifically to make very smooth
channel transitions, which is considered good for smooth tonal transitions
in the print.
The current QTR curve tools are very good as well, just not to the same
degree of smoothness for 7 gray partitions.

If you are using papers that inkjet mall created profiles for, I would not
think there is any print improvement to be had by creating your own curves
for the same paper.  Using the create-icc-profile tool would be very
helpful, IMO.

Best regards,
John Moody

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Ben Ong
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:10 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Digest Number 3465


Subject: Re: Re: question about CFS systems - K7? Answers for Clayton

Jon Cones words regarding K7 supplied curves on this thread:    "You
couldn't make that by
hand or with an instrument using the QTR curves generator. That is what
makes the difference."


Jon Cones words on InkJet Mall when advertising K7:        "However, you can
purchase a Spectrophotometer to produce your own profiles using the QuadTone
RIP built-in curve generator for only $895 by clicking here."


....So am I missing something or what. I mean no disrespect to Jon Cone or
InkJet Mall, I'm just a confused K7 user asking a legitimate question I
think.

Thanks.

Ben






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]