On 2/20/03 3:53 PM, "Mitch Alland" <malland@...> wrote:
> For: Robert Morrison:
>
>> This brings to light a serious deficiency in the old PiezoBW
>> workflow...it
>> wasn't really color managed...meaning...you couldn't simply edit in a
>> standard "color" space (Gamma 1.8 or 2.2) and expect to get screen to
>> print
>> match.
>
> Good point. Turning to new files prepared for IP5: the ColorByte
> grayscale profiles don't allow "previewing" in the PS Proofing Setup
> the way their color profiles do. What do you do to get the PS view to
> match the IP5 print...or do you think it's close enough without any
> viewing adjustments?
IP is a color managed environment...which means that if you tag an image
with the appropriate color space (gamma 1.8 or 2.2) and then apply this in
IP, the print should match your monitor when you view the image using the
same color space in photoshop. My experience with this workflow with a
calibrated CRT and LCD display has been pretty good. My main complaint is
that the shadows in imageprint tend to be compressed...but Colorbyte argues
that they are compressed on monitors as well...thus they are just going for
screen match. I haven't tested this expensively, but my work doesn't
typically rely on 1% separation greater than 90%...but some work does. What
is rather frustrating is that this isn't within your control...its up to
colorbyte. Ultimately I'm interested in a workflow that gives me control of
the BW profiles like the new Ink Jet Controln software does...but it is
still in beta. In the mean time I'm having pretty good success with my 2200
and IP5.
Robert