Digital BW, The Print

That sounds like a good way to get an exact match C.D. 
 My thanks to both of you, I'll look into it further first chance I 
get. The real problem is in printing a K3 neutral image and a 
warmtoned border simultaneously, thrpugh QTR, Qimage, or CS2PS which 
is what I have  for printing software. I suppose I could do it 
easily with Imageprint or another RIP, but Imageprint for the 7600 
and the R1800 is WAY more money than I want to spend.

Steve Karafyllakis


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... 
wrote:
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> In a message dated 7/14/06 12:12:50 PM, paul.roark@... writes:
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> > >I'm looking for a way to match the border area of a print to 
the mat
> > >color that isn't too much of a pain.
> > 
> > Of course, the method I recommend is to use non-brightened (no 
OBA) paper.
> > 
> Thats a start. For color work, you can do it with PrintFIX PRO, as 
described 
> below (may be valid with 3d inks, though some adjustments will be 
necessary):
> 
> Measure desired mat color with PFP, in the Tools>Measure screen. 
Note downthe 
> Lab values of the matte (if doing several, start a log, read them 
in a known 
> order, then open the log to get the Lab values)
> 
> To get a match to the matte, open a document in Photoshop in your 
preferred 
> color space (which I will assume is AdobeRGB). Now open the color 
picker, and 
> type in the Lab values that you measured (yes, its a pain that the 
picker 
> doesn't allow fractional Lab values to be entered). Now paste the 
resulting color 
> in the border area of your image file.
> 
> For a 'tint' (paler version) of your mat's color, use the same a 
and b, but 
> move the L closer to 100 (to paper white, actually, can't go above 
that). If 
> thats too saturated, divide the a and b to half the original (both 
closer to 
> zero, whether positive or negative), as well as moving the L 
closer to 100. 
> Subtle is good. If its hardly noticable, thats ideal. 
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
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