Digital BW, The Print

Hi Christy,

You can create custom grayscale ICC profiles for printing and softproofing
using the QTR tool QTR-Create-ICC.  The softproofing allows ink black and paper
white simulation as well as showing the hue of the print based on what you've 
selected in the ABW driver.

Roy


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "caostebbins" <caostebbins@...> 
wrote:
>
> Dear Roy & C. David and all,
> 
> Many thanks for the discussion about grayscale drivers and ICC profiles.  I list myself 
> among the technically challenged in the digital age, so I do not follow your arguments 
that 
> well.  Nevertheless, I glean something from them.
> 
> I do have a question regarding softproofing and ABW, however.  Is there a way I can see 
a 
> softproof using ABW?  I confess I tried QTR when I had a 2200.  I also confess I did not 
> understand what I was doing and did not follow how the process worked.  So I 
abandoned 
> it, worked on color images, and bought a 3800 when the 2200 died.
> 
> I am now slowly trying to test its capabilities using Bill Atkinson's targets, which he so 
> generously shares, in determining what each color space/paper/paper profile/media 
type 
> looks like.  I realize that once one settles on a basic combo, the fine-tuning begins, with 
> regard to ink density, etc.
> 
> I'm scratching my head on what is the best way to glean information about the ABW 
> grayscale driver in a useful, efficient fashion.  Anyone's recommendations on that chore 
> would be gratefully received.  Trying to judge how a specific tint/neutral/dark/darker 
> combination will look on your print using only the tiny little picture Epson provides 
doesn't 
> cut it in my view.
> 
> Thank you all in advance for your suggestions in plumbing the depths of this business.  
Or 
> at least getting my feet wet.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Christy
>