Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@...> wrote:
>
> The situation that I encountered recently involved a need to limit
the K ink
> channel earlier than the Epson driver and likely let the other inks
run a
> little further.  This was on HPR.  I guess we are getting very far
off topic
> now but I'd really value your input on colour RIP output - perhaps
via the
> WF forum.  I haven't made a purchase yet but I've been tinkering
with the
> idea...

I'm not sure I can help, I'm in the middle of several similar issues,
all unresolved. Hopefully others would chime in.
There isn't a perfect forum for this, ask here or there and I'll see
if I can confuse matters.
As you no doubt know, impossible to get control of that K channel in
the  Epson driver. But you can try this-
Bring the black point in your file up to your desired print end point
with levels or curves. So comething like 000 becomes 999 or whatever.
Then "undo" it. Now go to edit/fade and bring it back in luminousity
mode and print. THis way you won't have taken away saturated colors
(Those with any 0 in them), just compressed on the neutral axis...
theoretically.
If it achieves the desired result, it could be edited into an RGB profile.
Tyler