Digital BW, The Print

Thanks. I'll see what I can do.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark"
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Can anyone point to an article/site/etc that can give me some info
> > about how to use the UT7 inks (Roark workflow) with QTR/
> 
> Although this is probably not what you had I mind, an alternative worth 
> considering is using the Photoshop curves that are linked to my general 
> 2200 UT7 write-up at 
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/UT-2200-Readme.htm
> and embedding them in ICCs made with QTR's Create ICC-RGB. See
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Embedding_Photoshop_Curves_in_ICCs.pdf
> for information on making these ICCs.
> 
> While a spectro is ideal for this, one can use a flatbed scanner.  See
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Making_B-W_ICCs-GrayCard.pdf
> 
> With these ICCs the workflow is "color managed" with respect to 
> relative densities (that is, the monitor should match the print), the 
> system can be linearized to account for variable, and new papers can be 
> profiled fairly easily.  (There is usually a profile that gives tones 
> that are close, so all that is needed is re-linearization.)
> 
> Good luck with the system.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>