Digital BW, The Print

Sorry-- Yes, by "ink color" I mean "simulate black ink."


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
<scho@m...> wrote:
>
> Do you mean simulate black ink instead of "ink color" in the  
> softproof dialog (CS2) ?  Also, I agree that checking simulate 
paper  
> color and/or black ink when softproofing  is not at all realistic  
> (even when looking away to avoid brain tricks).  Just doesn't cut 
it  
> for me.  Like putting a fog layer over the image.  I get excellent  
> screen/print matches with neither of these options checked, using 
a  
> calibrated Apple LCD monitor.
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
> > I have discovered that the soft proofing is different in 2.3.2 
than it
> > was in 2.3.0, as follows:
> >
> > In 2.3.0, paper color can be selected but this does not 
automatically
> > select ink color.  This is a very accurate soft proof.  It is not
> > possible with any combination of soft proof settings to select ink
> > color.
> >
> > In 2.3.1, when paper color is selected, ink color is automatically
> > selected.  There is no way to select paper color without ink 
color.
> >
> > With Epson canned color profiles, soft proofing works as with 
2.3.0.
> >
> > Regardless of what has been said, the ink-color-checked soft 
proof  
> > does
> > not provide an accurate soft proof of the print output with 
regard to
> > darker tones.  Having looked at BW photographs for 40 years, I 
am  
> > quite
> > confident of that.
>