Digital BW, The Print

Saving a curve as an ICC is easy.  Go to Edit-> Color Settings-> Spot ->
Custom Dot Gain and then create the curve you want then OK.  Click on Custom
Dot Gain again and Save Spot.  This of course creates an ICC profile but
doesn¹t help you with identifying the coordinates of the appropriate
transfer curve.  I prefer to use QTR Create ICC. I print a step wedge with
my preferred Epson Adv B&W settings and then create an ICC profile from that
with QTR Create ICC.  A transfer curve that accounts for the vagaries of the
output, white point compensation (media relativity) and black point
compensation is calculated and embedded in an ICC profile.  In addition,
full colour information from my spectro readings is recorded in the ICC tag
used for soft proofing.  Not only do I get good and easy luminance
management at printing but I get full colour soft proofing.  Quite cool.



From: Tom Husband <tom.husband@...>
Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:11:58 -0000
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Digital BW] Emedding Photoshop Curves in ICCs

 
 
 

So let me ask a few dumb questions here about Paul Roark's embedding
of PS curves in ICCs.  This method could be used for the 2400 and K3
ink right?  Are "canned" curves available for the 2400 as a starting
point?  How would I go about creating a PS curve from scratch?  Would
it work with Epson ABW or just QTR?

Thanks,

Tom Husband

 
      
 


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