Digital BW, The Print

Hi,

I print with the piezo selenium ink set.  I have set up a custom dot 
gain curve so that my output very closely matches what I see on my 
monitor in terms of density.  However, I'd like to be able to post 
digital versions of my work to the web that replicate the selenium 
tone of the final output.

I've tried scanning the final print on a flatbed but I'm really not 
happy with the results.  

Has anyone out there developed photoshop curves or some other method 
to slightly tweak the RGB values of a B+W image so that it will 
appear on screen with the subtle selenium tones of the printed 
output?  Thanks,

js

Try the following:

Convert the grayscale image to RGB.  Do a color adjustment.  Add 
magenta in the shadows, and blue in the highlights. Tweak the color 
sliders until you get a decent match.

Good luck.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lomoeye 
<james.stogdill@v...>" <james.stogdill@v...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I print with the piezo selenium ink set.  I have set up a custom 
dot 
> gain curve so that my output very closely matches what I see on my 
> monitor in terms of density.  However, I'd like to be able to post 
> digital versions of my work to the web that replicate the selenium 
> tone of the final output.
> 
> I've tried scanning the final print on a flatbed but I'm really not 
> happy with the results.  
> 
> Has anyone out there developed photoshop curves or some other 
method 

> to slightly tweak the RGB values of a B+W image so that it will 
> appear on screen with the subtle selenium tones of the printed 
> output?  Thanks,
> 
> js

The below may be the best way, but I used to just put a  duotone mode 
on it in photoshop. I've used both canned ones and customised ones. 
Haven't done it in years, maybe since version 3 or 4 so don't know 
what they have now in the duotone folder. I used to be happiest with a 
quadtone file rather than a duo or tritone file.
Jim H.




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Shilesh Jani 
<shilesh.jani@s...>" <shilesh.jani@s...> wrote:
> Try the following:
> 
> Convert the grayscale image to RGB.  Do a color adjustment.  Add 
> magenta in the shadows, and blue in the highlights. Tweak the color 
> sliders until you get a decent match.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lomoeye 
> <james.stogdill@v...>" <james.stogdill@v...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I print with the piezo selenium ink set.  I have set up a custom 
> dot 
> > gain curve so that my output very closely matches what I see on my 
> > monitor in terms of density.  However, I'd like to be able to post 
> > digital versions of my work to the web that replicate the selenium 
> > tone of the final output.
> > 
> > I've tried scanning the final print on a flatbed but I'm really 
not 

> > happy with the results.  
> > 
> > Has anyone out there developed photoshop curves or some other 
> method 
> > to slightly tweak the RGB values of a B+W image so that it will 
> > appear on screen with the subtle selenium tones of the printed 
> > output?  Thanks,
> > 
> > js