Digital BW, The Print

On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:45:56 PM, "Brian Corll" <briancorll@...> 
wrote:

I just received my Spyder 3 Studio and I'm looking at the targets and 
the
profiling procedure in the help file. I understand how to profile 
using the
standard targets with color inks or the "extended grays" targets 
(which use
some color inks), but what do I do when I am printing with dedicated 
B&W
inks like the MIS UT or Piezo sets ? Can I use the QTR images ? Simply 
print
the color targets provided in gray-scale ?? I'm being lazy here and 
asking
some initial questions to put me on the fast track. Print profiling is 
new
to me, and I'd like to master it as quickly as possible
Either use a B&W inkset that is capable of printing via the RGB 
driver, and profile it with Spyder3Print just like a color inkset, or 
with other B&W inksets, use QTR to print, and its accessory CreateICC 
to build curve sets in the form of profiles. You can use Spyder3Print 
to measure targets for linearizing QTR, and reading patches for 
CreateICC, though you'll need some info on the process.
--
C. David Tobie
WW Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor
CDTobie@...
www.datacolor.com/spyder3


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