Digital BW, The Print

CDTobie@... wrote:
> In a message dated 9/24/06 8:38:53 AM, E.Dinkla@... writes:
> 
> 
>> I am almost at the end of a cycle of QTR profile creations
>> that had to do with canvas printing. While I had uncoated
>> canvas ready, 3 linearisations + profiles: carbon, cool, warm,
>> I had to add varnish mat and now varnish gloss. That still
>> doesn't cover profiles for the slider steps in between say
>> 50/50 on QTR's choices. And this is only one canvas quality.
>> At least the QTR sliders give you some flexibility in printing
>> but only on one axis and softproofing remains fixed with just
>> two or three profiles along the way.
>>
> The PrintFIX PRO 2.0 solution requires measuring a couple sheets of patches 
> (about 225 patches per sheet) per canvas or paper. If you want to characterize 
> it varnished, you'd varnish that same set of targets and measure a second 
> time. Then you would generate neutral profiles from each, and tweaked ones to suit 
> your taste, and any tinted ones you might want for B&W; though most canvas 
> does not do justice to B&W. I'll have some new canvas at the Photokina booth 
> that prints great B&W though... <G>

David,

It's the same road I take with QTR curves, linearising and 
profiling. Without varnish, with gloss varnish, with mat 
varnish on top for the last. With QTR however there are three 
steps per variety: curves, linearisation, profiling, and 9 
profiles for cool, carbon and warm + the 3 finish varieties 
and you will still not cover all possible settings of the 
sliders with profiles in the soft proof. At least you should 
have the best Dmax possible after the exercise. With PrintFIX 
PRO 2.0 you have to find the best suitable paper/canvas 
setting in the driver for the uncoated, mat varnished and 
gloss varnish and that still doesn't guarantee the best Dmax 
possible for a given canvas.

It's the photographer's intent of my customer that ends in B&W 
prints on canvas, not my choice though the results are quite 
nice I have to say.

I will be there.

Ernst


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