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Re: [Digital BW] ICC v. Transfer Function in Epson driver

2005-10-21 by Carl Schofield

I didn't convert the step wedge and used no color management for  
printing for calibration, so the numbers were not changed.

On Oct 21, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Steve Kale wrote:

> I am sending untagged raw data.  I agree Carl may find he is not  
> sending the
> file numbers he thinks he is if he has chosen to colour manage the  
> step
> wedge.
>
>
>
>> From: Roy Harrington <roy@...>
>> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:29:09 -0000
>> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] ICC v. Transfer Function in Epson driver
>>
>> Steve and Carl,
>>
>> I think this may be the very issue I mention in the last post.
>> When you are printing with CM, it is VERY IMPORTANT to know what the
>> embedded profile is.
>> Carl says here Gray Lab but I think Steve is using GG 2.2 (not  
>> positive
>> though)
>> so they a supposed to get different results.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>>
>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
>> <scho@m...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> I seem to be getting results that are different from what you are
>>> seeing.  Below is a comparison of density and Lab-L, with and  
>>> without
>>> icc profile.  Printed with 2400, MK, Hahnemuhle PR BW, using default
>>> ABW neutral-darker settings and 2880 dpi (RPM).  QTR gray lab  
>>> working
>>> space.  Create-icc (2.3.2) used to make the icc profile form the new
>>> step-wedge (10, 5, 1 % steps), but standard 21 step used for print
>>> with the icc applied.  Note that without the icc there is some
>>> compression in the shadow region that is improved with the icc.
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>

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