Digital BW, The Print

I think this should work. Yes you can use QTR Create ICC with just a
densitometer. No colour proofing but you can manage luminance/density.  I
have not done this but if you post this specific question Roy or others can
answer as to how to arrange the columnar data.


> From: Peter <spamme2001@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:23:06 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] The Winkflash Challenge
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> For a number of reasons, I'm going to be producing a large quantity of
> B&W prints at Winkflash (obviously these are not fine art prints).
> I've printed several test prints, including a 21-step and 51-step
> wedge. Surprisingly, the photo printer(s) are very well behaved. I
> plotted the density curves and their shape and smoothness rivals
> linearized output from my in-house printers, except for the shadows
> where things start to block up in the 92-100% range.
> 
> So here's the challenge...I obviously don't have control over the
> Winkflash printers and they don't allow for embedded profiles either.
> They assume sRGB and disregard any profile. My plan is just to create
> a B&W ICC profile for soft proofing (using QTR-Create-ICC) and make my
> Photoshop corrections specific to that soft proof.
> 
> Does making tonal corrections that are device dependent when you don't
> control the printer (and can't embed a profile) seem like a good
> approach? Is there a better way?
> 
> Also, I have an X-Rite 810 densitometer, not a specto. Can
> QTR-Create-ICC be made to work with just density data?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Peter.