Digital BW, The Print

The RGB files you produce with the hueblending action can only be  
printed in color using whatever workflow you normally use for color  
printing.  Metamerism might a problem with the warmest blends if you  
use CMYK inks in an inkjet printer with the Epson driver because you  
will have no control over the amount of yellow ink used.  Custom  
profiles and a good RIP would probably help a lot for inkjet  
printing.  I'm testing some blends with labs that use lightjet  
printers to see how they work out for making cards.

Carl

On Aug 16, 2006, at 1:29 PM, zisskar wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley"
> <tyler@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
> > <list@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Roy,
> > >
> > > I've also been using your create-icc script to generate icc  
> profiles
> > > for toning grayscale images and it works very well.
> >
> > It does indeed, and myself as well. Even before Create ICC, we were
> > doing this with profiles made from the EyeOne Photo hack, or
> > ProfilerPro. All of the images om my website and the gallery section
> > of the Custom Digital site were made using an icc profile to show  
> the
> > hue of the quad inks selected for the print, even a split-tone by  
> Mel
> > Curtis. They were converted to sRGB for the web of course.
> > Also, a similar aproached was used to assign the hue of Cone's
> > selenium set to an image and then print with UCK3s on SilverRag, and
> > it was lovely. Much more atractive than a straight ABW print. You
> > could work forever trying to duplicate the look of an inkset with
> > curves etc., but a good profile of it will get you all the
> > complexities in one simple move.
> > There are all kinds of great ways to use profiles, and Create ICC  
> has
> > become a great tool here.
> > Tyler
> > www.custom-digital.com
> >
>
> This is all very interesting, but can you please tell me what to do  
> next.
> I've used Carl's HueBlend action profiles and got on screen the
> desired hues. What is the recommended workflow for printing them?
> Do I use PS or Qimage and color manage using the media icc profiles or
> use QTR and special curves?
>
> .
>
> 



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