Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "esharamaki"
<esharamaki@...> wrote:
>
> Lou,
> Thanks for the reply.  I believe before using printfix pro or
> spectrophotomer to create icc for color managed workflow, curves were
> used to smooth out transition of ink in a step wedge.  If you look at
> some of the curves that were (are) available for MIS inks, the RGB
> channel is a straight diagonal line, while the red, green blue
> channels have odd shaped curves.  These curve channels control which
> positions in the printer (K,C,LC,M,LM,Y,etc) lay down ink at which
> point in the step wedge (or any picture for that matter) when applied.
> 
> I'm using the UT-3D inkset in my R220 to try and learn.  For starters,
> I tried using printfix pro (spyderprint) to print out targets, read
> and create profile.  The test print showed some abrupt changes.  When
> I used the curves from Paul Roark, and embedded into profile using QTR
> create tool, the transitions were much smoother.  So, I'm interested
> in learning how to make/tweak these curves on my own for the various
> papers I use.
> 
> Thanks for the link though.  I still intend to check it out further.
>

Earl,

I totally misunderstood what you were looking for.  I understand now.
 I believe Paul Roark has some great information on his website for
what you want; I'm just not sure where to find it.

Lou