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Re: [Digital BW] Re: ABW users: which ABW setting do you use?

2006-04-23 by Steve Kale

Profiling a linear device will be better so I'd use either the Norm or Light
setting (both for printing the test chart for profiling and on an on-going
basis) and create an ICC profile using that data.


> From: edrudolpho <erudolph@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:51:26 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: ABW users:  which ABW setting do you use?
> 
> One other note, maybe of interest.  After printing 21-step wedges for the Dark
> and for the 
> Norm and for the Light settings, and examining the Measure Tool text files,
> the Norm and 
> Light ABW settings gave very linear L values.  The Dark setting gave L values
> with marked 
> drop off in the last three steps.
> 
> Ed

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