Digital BW, The Print

Hello,
I recently posted the following question on another group but did not get a
response. This question may help with your question and maybe someone will
be able to answer both of ours.
Thanks,
Gary W.
I have an Epson 3800 and am using Print Fix Pro with Epson Velvet Fine
Art paper. I did a test for Grayscale Linearization that I found on the
Northlight Images website. I profiled the EVFA paper using the 729
patches plus the extended B&W. When I print it in B&W the center of the
circle in the very dark areas has has defined tones and it is not smooth
in tone. When I print it using the Advanced Blank & White Epson mode
the the gray tones are very smooth. I can use the ABW on this paper but
want to profile other papers. Is this an issue of the profiling and I
should do it again or a weakness of the profiling process? How
successful have other been using Print Fix Pro for B&W?

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  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: QuadToneRIP Create ICC with ColorVision
Spectrometer


  Graham,

  Thanks for the link. It looks like I will have to read that article
  carefully. So far I've just been using the ABW mode with my Epson
  2400 and getting good results, so I have two more questions:

  Will the results that I get using QTR and PrintFixPro 2 be noticeably
  better than what I can do with ABW?

  Is it possible to soft-proof prints using QTR? (I'm actually haven't
  done any soft-proofing in my current workflow, so I don't know how
  important that is to me).


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