Digital BW, The Print

Start by understanding how to use colour management.  There are plenty of
tutorials around.  Some good tutorials here:

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/home.htm

QTR Create ICC simply makes printer profiles that work well with B&W.  You
use them just like colour printing profiles.


> From: Scott Jones <peanutdogs@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:52:09 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Solving this BW tonal management issue . . .
> 
> Well I have been following this thread and the forum for a long
> time. I am a R2400 user and am getting great results but am having
> troubles matching my calibrated screen to the print. Most people say
> I am a pretty smart guy, but I must admit that all of the talk about
> gamma curves and profiles has my head spinning and I really don't
> think I understand what is going on here. (maybe no one does??) I
> don't own a spectrophotometer and feel that this is too expensive
> for me. I even took a course from the QTR creator and must admit
> also that I remain baffled as did most of the participants.
> 
> If someone could provide some service to provide a resonable way to
> match screen and print (I use R2400, K3 inks, EPSG paper)and some
> instructions on how to use a "profile", I would certainly pay them
> or thank them. I guess my frustration stems from the apparent fact
> that there is no standardized method yet and that the R2400 driver
> lacks a clear soft proofing method so we are still using
> experimental workaround methods created by users trying to come to
> grips with this.
> 
> At this point after reading all of this I am so confused what to do
> that I am somewhat exhausted by the whole affair. Color printing
> seems so stright forward. Such a pity that we haven't got something
> similar with B&W.
> 
> Hopefully someone like Clayton will continue to work out a
> standardized approach and help all of us non-engineer types with a
> tutorial on how to proceed. Thanks for all the continuing efforts.
> 
> Scott
>