Digital BW, The Print

Should you decide to do this after all Mark. . . .   You just need to find a
way to get the LAB values out of your spectro for a 21 step wedge. These
need to populate a relatively simple text file, which is then used to create
the soft proof. 

For the other poster who felt that ink and paper toning might not
represented, they are. With the QTR Create-ICC tools you can make profiles
that contain only LAB "L" data, or profiles with LAB "L", "A", and "B" data.

I have found the soft proofs to be very useful, at leaset for my own
purposes. I can compare various toned and split toned approaches on screen
before I make my print. More recently, Jon Cone's folks sent me soft proofs
for his Special Edition inks, one for a six ink version and one for a seven
ink version. I could see how the two differed, and compare them with the
inkset I had at the time. Of course I followed up by having some real prints
made before a purchase, but I learned enough with the soft proofs to keep
going.

Terry.


On 06/05/09 4:48 PM, "Mark Savoia" <mark@...> wrote:

> You are always the guy of reason. I don't know why I want to do this
> either. This always happens when a new client wants to "outfox" me
> thinking he has a better way to do it. And you are right, 99% of
> clients don't know how to use it anyway, while 99% never need me to
> make any adjustments to their files, it IS almost perfect. Damn I hate
> when your right!
> 
> Although I appreciate the grounding, you can NOT have my DTP-41 :)
> 
> Mark
> http://www.stillrivereditions.com
> 
> On May 6, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Tyler Boley wrote:
> 
>> I can't help specificallt for the dtp-41, but I'll trade ya my old
>> i1 for it and then you have this solved...
>> 
>> You know, I went to great effort to make preview profiles for every
>> PTone StudioPrint ink setup I have here, warm, Selenium, splits,
>> blends, the whole dealy-bob, thinking I'm supplying a helpful tool
>> for my clients to use for file prep.
>> No one, not one, that I can recall since I started Custom Digital,
>> has requested one, and when I've suggested it, never used one.
>> Your StudioPrint output is probably meticulously and beautifully
>> linearized, and no doubt matches your working space on the monitor
>> just fine given the ability to target a given dot gain "out".
>> Soft proof icc based is just not necessary.
>> Just in case, if you do proceed, make sure they check "preserve
>> color numbers" since you won't be printing with the profile.
>> Tyler
>> 
>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia
>> <mark@...> wrote:
> 
> 
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