Digital BW, The Print

Thanks C. David.

I have one more question - does the RGB driver method use all of the
inks in the set?

Thanks again,

Richard Cooke

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 7/11/07 2:02:34 PM, rcooke@... writes:
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> > Does the above combo allow a user to get good results easier/quicker
> > than using QTR alone?  I have the i1 photo but as far as I know it
> > won't help in B&W printing with the UT-3D inks on my 2200.  If the
> > Printfix Pro has some "magic sauce" that will allow me to use
> > different papers without multiple trial and error prints then I'll
> > sell my i1 and buy the Printfix Pro.
> > 
> > I assume that I'd profile a paper using Printfix Pro using the
> > extended grays target which yields an ICC profile.  The next step is a
> > bit foggy to me.  If I want to mimic the Lenswork tones on a new paper
> > will the ICC just produced by the Printfix Pro be used by QTR?  Is
> > there a reference that might describe this process somewhere?
> > 
> 
> You can use PrintFIX PRO as you describe with UT-3D inks, and the
RGB driver. 
> Or you can use them with QTR, and use CreateICC to build your profiles, 
> measuring for them with PrintFIX PRO's measure tool, but not
building the profiles 
> in PrintFIX PRO. These are two seperate methods. To mimic tints or
crosstones 
> using PFP and the RGB driver is fairly straightforward. I can't
comment on the 
> process of creating custom tones curves in QTR.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
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