Digital BW, The Print

The full release is here:

http://www.bowhaus.com/inkjetcontrol/



IJC has now been in public release for more than a year - but only for OS 9. 
I have been using it for much longer than that through many beta stages.
The OS X version is by far the most stable I have seen yet. I also find it to be
 the most versatile in terms of ease of making profiles.

The user now has a choice of using sliders to control each ink channel - or
curves with multiple points on them as in the old version. Each approach
offers different benefits: Sliders are faster; curves require more experience
but offer the ultimate in control.
Either way, the software will smooth out the bumbs using a 
Linearization function (as before). 

That Linearization tab has also been tweaked over the old version: now you can
scan your grayscale test print and import the scan. Slightly less precise perhaps
but a huge help to those without a densitometer. 
If you do have a meter, the option to enter density data has been improved by 
allowing any set of numbers to be used not just those for optical density 
as derived from traditional instruments like the X-Rite 810.

The midpoint of the grayscale that used to be fixed in the old version is now 
adjustable allowing linearization at several different densities. This means the same
profile can be re-linearized and saved out for lighter or darker midtone at a hit
of a button. It's also  a huge help when working with high-dMax papers and inks
that would otherwise result in darker-than-normal midtones when linearized.

Installation remains, as in the old version, a simple drag and drop of a folder.
Neither IJC nor OPM require additional installations of system-level components.

I have used this version on a 1280, 2200, 7000 and 9500 without a problem under
OS 10.2.8 (Jaguar). I am always amazed that a lowly G3 iBook can make a 44x60
print in 2 hours on the 9500. Yes, I have bumped the RAM to 640 MB, but, still,
that's  pretty low-end hardware for the size and speed of printing. 


Antonis