Digital BW, The Print

I have read that document several times and it was part of what 
motivated me to make the purchase i did.

My preferance is to use an icc profile.  Color management just makes 
sense to me.  I spend a great deal of time in Photoshop trying and 
tweaking things on a profiled monitor, and am very comfortable with 
using adjustment layers to get the results i want.

So my personal viewpoint, is that i would rather make a hard proof 
from photoshop with an icc profile, and go back into photoshop to 
make the tweak instead of having to tweak the print driver to get the 
results.

maybe thats the wrong approach for some, but to me it seems like it 
makes sense and would be the most repeatable.  (assuming that b+w icc 
profiles actually do work).

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Philip 
Schwartz" <Philip.Schwartz@...> wrote:
>
> Using QTR is only one of the possible workflows using an R220 with
> UT-R2. Check out Paul's web site for a detailed description of all 
the
> options available with your printer/ink combination:
> http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/R220_R2_Readme.pdf
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "p3guru32371"
> <coryjenkins@> wrote:
> >
> > As i mentioned in a previous post, (Epson R220 compared to Epson 
> > R260) i went ahead and picked up an R340, and got the R220 inks 
from 
> > MIS (the UT-R2 to be specific).
> > 
> > Well, my printer, matte paper and MIS inkset arrived yesterday 
> > evening and i plan to run my first set of tests tonight using 
CS2.  I 
> > know that a generous Paul Roark has made several free .icc 
profiles 
> > for use within Photoshop for the inkset and paper i purchased.  i 
> > plan to start there.
> > 
> > I have also read up a bit on Quad Tone Rip, in the user guide 
written 
> > by Tom Moore, and know that i would need to calibrate, and then 
> > linearize before i make any meaningful prints.  
> > 
> > eventually though i will want to move up to a different paper, 
that 
> > likely will not have a free profile built.  So, instead of going 
> > through the time, ink and paper to calibrate and linearize myself 
in 
> > QTR, I would be more than happy to pay the going rate $25-50 for 
a 
> > custom built .icc profile.  However, the people i have emailed 
that 
> > do custom profiles only do them for color inksets and targets.
> > 
> > So my question (finally) is this...Does anyone on this board know 
of 
> > someone who makes b+w .icc profiles.  Or for that matter, does 
anyone 
> > on this board want to make a few bucks and do a couple for me 
when i 
> > make a decision on the papers i would like to use?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any info.  After i make a few prints and 
get 
> > through initial learning curve i will post my opinions on how it 
all 
> > worked out on this thread.
> > 
> > As a point of reference, this is the equipment and workflow that 
i 
> > use.
> > Lenses:  Autofocus, Prime
> > Capture: 11.1mp DSLR Raw files
> > Adobe Camera RAW: 16bit, 300dpi, PSD files
> > 
> > Photoshop: Crop, Straighten, Levels, Channel-Monochrome Convert 
to 
> > b+w, Curves, Any other creative effects i may want to make, 
Highpass 
> > Sharpen, Image-Size-Resample if required for output size.
> > 
> > Thanks again.
> > Cory
> >
>