Digital BW, The Print

Eugene,
The theoretical and practical knowledge you're looking for requires a
thorough understanding of A) color management and device calibration
and then a B) review of current hardware and software options. Any
book that covers these topics in a strictly by-the-numbers,
step-by-step tutorial style would have a shelf life of maybe 3 months,
until the next solution is supplied by vendors. So there is not likely
to be one. I would recommend Bruce fraser's Color Management title for
a thorough background on color management. You'll get to see how the
color side of the digital industry works and have a good sense of what
we b/w photographers need. In my book I try to give an overview of the
evollution of "grayscale management" as well as an idea of some of the
general appooraches taken to managing densities by StudioPrint,
PrintFix Pro, and  QTR among others. For step-by-step tutorials,
you're going to be better off researching forums like this one or
reading through product manuals.

On 5/27/07, eappert <appert@...> wrote:
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> Hello,
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>  I am looking for a publication that you might consider to be the bible
>  of Black and white digital ink-jet printing. I am specifically
>  interested in techniques to control tonal separation along the
>  reproduction curve with black only, 3K, and full colour B&W printing.
>  It would be a plus if the book in question covered targeting techniques
>  which use numbers to densities directly as well as techniques which try
>  to correlate monitor display to proofs.
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amadou diallo
Author, Mastering Digital Black and White
www.masteringdigitalbwbook.com