Digital BW, The Print

> From: alanrew42 <Alan-Rew@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:32:37 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Da Vinci Fibre Gloss Paper
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
> <stevekale@...> wrote:
>> I did my tests on a 2100 with the media set to Premium Semigloss.  No
>> problem with shadow detail even though I was using Nano inks and a
> profile
>> for EPSG.  But I must say I don't like this paper because of the
> bronzing.
> 
> Thanks for the info Steve. Was the ICC profile made using Nano inks,
> and with the driver in PSG / 'no color adjustment' mode?

Yes.
> 
> If so, it sounds like the Nano inks give better shadow detail with the
> Epson driver than the Epson UC inks.

I found this generally not to be the case as the ink limits in the 2100
driver are not really ideal for the Nanos.  But on Da Vinci paper with the
Prem Semigloss setting the prints looked ok in this respect.

> 
>> Forget Imageprint and take a good look at Colorburst (CMYK profiling
>> embedded for free).
> 
> Will this work with my GMB Eye-One Pro?
> 
> If not, could I just pre-linearise Colorburst somehow, then make a
> CMYK profile using GMB ProfileMaker Pro? This sounds really interesting.

We are in the same boat.  You can linearise with your i1 BUT current
environments were made with UV filtered spectros so really you need to make
your own environments from scratch (not too hard).  At the moment you can
not use the i1 for CMYK profiling but they expect to add the capability to
use other spectros some time in the future.  This is my current stumbling
block, in addition to the fact that there may be no software adjustment for
UV (as is the case with GM's software).  Carl Schofield bought an X-Rite
pulse and the RIP and was very impressed with the output for both B&W and
colour.

Hope this helps

Steve