Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Charlotte"
<cieloblu@...> wrote:
>
> Hi. Thanks for your replies. I was just wondering if opening an icm
file and adjusting it is a good starting point when I am not satisfied
with a profile.

Actually that is a bit of a daunting task, and not something many
people recommend. You'd need special profile editing software, not cheap.

> I have a 2400 and use the paper makers icm which is usually not
completely to my liking. I can easily make adjustments in the ABW and
save it for that paper.

This is a bit confusing, a color profile is not really applicable to
use with the ABW epson printing system. THough you could select one in
the Print With Preview section of photoshop, it would have been made
for color printing and very specific settings in the color section of
the driver. Pretty much irrelevant for ABW use.

> For other adjustments such as contrast, lightening and darkening a
tone I use a curves layer adjustment in CS3 and save it with the
papers name for future use if it is an adjustment I think will be
useful in the  future. Clayton's, Paul's and this list's information
have been very helpful. The information and process involved in the
creation of an icm is a bit overwhelming for me and will take me a
while to grasp it all,  if ever I do. 

You'd need specific software to do so, and also a measurement device.
Additionally, if you are talking ABW use for B&W printing instead of
color, the only relevant profiles would be those you can make with
QTR's Create ICC. None of the others, including those supplied by
paper makers, would be useful with the ABW section of the Epson driver.
For use with the color section of the driver, even for B&W, "real" icc
profiles would be relevant and there are applicable commercial
solutions available. I suspect someone may volunteer a specific
recommendation.
Tyler