Digital BW, The Print

> I've been very happy with the Piezo "stuff" for a while now, but you guys
> have my interest piqued about your workflow.  My main concern is
> WYSIWYG...is that the case with your workflow, is what is on your screen
> what comes out the printer?  Are adjustments in PS the same, IE, no special
> considerations?  What are the downsides to your workflow?

Austin

First off you need to convert your grayscale file to RGB for printing. You
can work your file in grayscale up until you are about to print, then
convert in order to apply Roark's curves. At that point your file will look
wacky and will no longer be WYSIWYG, but it *was up until then.

*Myself and Jerry actually find that our prints come out a bit darker than
our screen images, but I don't know about other users, and if it's a
calibration thing unique to our systems, or a function of the process. I've
just learned to anticipate the situation much as I did dry-down in the
darkroom. However by creating a custom dot gain preview, or a transfer
function, it can be overcome, though I haven't done so yet. I happen to
apply an adjustment layer to compensate, and Jerry uses a slider in the
Epson driver. None the less up until Roark's curves are applied the image is
relatively WYSIWIG, I'd guess within about 15-20% density on my system.

Todd