Digital BW, The Print

Here's a question I've been curious about:

 

Photoshop's "Print with Preview" has a section just below the preview where
one can switch between "Color Management" and "Output."  

 

"Color Management" has an option to "Let Photoshop Determine Colors."  At
that point you can enter a number of "Printer Profiles."  These appear to be
ICCs, about which I have very limited expertise. 

 

"Output" has an option  -- "Transfer" - that allows one to incorporate
"Transfer Functions" into the normal PS printing workflow.  At this point a
curve made in Photoshop Curves Adjustment section will also work.  

 

How do these 2 parallel print control workflows - curves v. ICC - compare
when used in the PS "Print with Preview" workflow approach?  

 

What are the curves and ICC making and linearizing options?  Are ICCs a
uniform file format or are there multiple file types such that an "ICC" made
in one application is useless in another application?  

 

Does one approach preserve more of the grayscale steps than the other?

 

I'd appreciate learning how these 2 approaches compare and might be used for
easy fine tuning or "linearization" of the printer ramp.

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 



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