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RE: [Digital BW] Epson 2400, ABW and Qimage

2006-09-19 by Terry Ritz

David, how much of this applies to the 2200? Conversly, could one profile a
2200 where one ink (e.g. yellow) has been removed and replace by a LLK? How
about 2200 using the UT-3 monochrome ink set?

Thanks - Terry.

> CDTobie@... wrote:

> You will be able to augment any PrintFIX PRO 2.0 color 
> profile (including existing PrintFIX PRO v1 measurement sets, 
> if you don't wish to rebuild from
> scratch) with the additional gray and near gray data for 
> higher precision B&W or Tinted B&W printing. You will also be 
> able to build "Tinted Profiles" where you can incorporate 
> tints, cross tints, ramping of graytones to paper white, and 
> other such details. That way you can take a neutral RGB or 
> grayscale image, and preview it via such a profile to 
> determine if that particular tint set, on that particular 
> paper, will be a good match for the image, then adjust the 
> image visually to optimize it for that combination (if 
> necessary), then print the image through the tinted profile 
> to result in a tinted print. Some users prefer tinted output 
> from grayscale files, others prefer working with RGB files, 
> tinting in photoshop, then printing through a universal 
> profile. So PrintFIX PRO 2.0 will support both workflows, 
> plus the crossover where you determine your optimal tints in 
> Photoshop, as a curve set, then once you have it finalized, 
> import that curve set into PrintFIX PRO and build it into 
> your profile, so that you no longer need to apply it to each 
> image, you can just print through the profile that incorporates it.

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