Digital BW, The Print

Thanks.  And I then use it with print it through Print Preview, Let
Photoshop determine the colours etc, then use Advanced B&W?

And a variant on that theme.  If I had a (colour) ICC created for me
by a commercial provider, could I simply use that in the same way? 
The fact that it was colour presumably wouldn't matter if I was using
Advanced B&W?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
>
> (e) create a QTR ICC profile for the Adv B&W settings you use.  If
you do
> not have a spectrophotometer or densitometer perhaps you could send a
> printed target to someone that can read it for you.
> 
> 
> > From: garethjolly <garethjolly@b...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:21:08 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Epson Advanced B&W workflow with non Epson
papers
> > 
> > I'm trying to establish a workflow using Epson advanced B&W and
> > Hahnmuele photo rag and am having the age old problem of matching
> > screen to print output.  (my screen is calibrated, incidentally)
> > 
> > At this stage, I don't want to use an RIP or another Epson printing
> > mode.  (maybe later on, but I tend to think that if I have the
> > Advanced B&W mode, which seems to be capable of pretty good results, I
> > may as well use it...)
> > 
> > There seem to be a few options - including
> > 
> > (a) the fine tradition of trial and error - tweaking the imaging using
> > the Advanced B&W controls & other controls (such as the paper type,
> > tone (normal, dark, darker etc)  (any thoughts on settings, BTW?  What
> > paper type should I use, for example?)
> > 
> > (b) printing with the 'canned' Hahnmuele photo rag ICC profile
> > (through Print Preview, Let Photoshop determine the colours etc, then
> > using Advanced B&W)
> > 
> > (c) creating a custom ICC by printing out a 21 step wedge then
> > matching it by eye to the monitor (as per Paul Roark's guide at
> > http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/Monitor-Profiling.htm )then using (b).
> > (But I can't seem to get the curve to preview properly despite
> > checking the preview button... using Cs2 for windows)
> > 
> > (d) as a final desperate possibility, create a custom curve and simply
> > loading it prior to printing...
> > 
> > Incidentally, can you proof on the lower GSM Hahnmuele photo rag, with
> > a view to printing the finals on the 308gsm paper?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > Gareth
>