Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

Can this be done with a densitometer, or do you need a spectro? Care to outline the steps 
necessary? QTR is not totally making sense to me yet...

Thanks,

Jon

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> 
wrote:
>
> Gareth
> 
> Check out QTR's "Create ICC" module for use with Epson Adv B&W.  (Don't use
> a colour ICC profile.) Use PS to do the conversion on the fly and then use
> the Adv B&W driver like normal.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> > From: garethjolly <garethjolly@y...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:30:29 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Advanced B&W printing and ICC profiles
> > 
> > Sorry for bombarding everyone with questions - I'm trying to get
> > myself on top of everything and whenever I work out something, it
> > seems a whole new set of complexities arise.
> > 
> > Is it possible to use Epson's Advanced B&W Printing with a custom ICC
> > Profile (e.g an Ilford Gallerie ICC downloaded from the net)?
> > 
> > If it's not, how does everyone do B&W printing with non Epson papers?
> >  Do you use photoshop (with photoshop determining the colours) (in
> > which case I seem to be getting a slight colour cast)?  Or do you use
> > an RIP, like Quadtone?
> > 
> > And do you use colour ink (adjusting to remove the colour cast) or
> > just grayscale?
> > 
> > And can anyone tell me how to get a custom B&W ICC profile?
> > 
> > Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Gareth
>