Digital BW, The Print

For printing on the 2400 I've put together a PS curve to match screen 
to print, essentially a luminance profile of the ABW mode.  This has 
allowed me very precise screen control by adding a layer to the file 
for viewing (which is then, of course, turned off for printing).  I'd 
like to be able able to convert the PS layer curve to an .ICC profile 
so that I can use it in the Soft Proof mode.  I know that the Color 
Management dialogue allows a custom ink gain curve, put this is not 
precise enough.  How can I take the curve (or its numbers) and make an 
ICC profile from it?  Many thanks.

Walt

As far as I am aware this can't be done.  Yes you can take a custom dot gain
curve and have PS convert that to an ICC profile but I don't think that is
what you want.  Hence Roy Harrington's efforts re QTR-Create-ICC which reads
Gretag Macbeth Measuretool data and creates a greyscale ICC profile.
Colorshopx has a utility which attempts to do the same thing but you can't
read actual data and you can only input a transfer curve.

> From: wwodets <odets@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:39:59 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Some help on curves conversion to ICC, please . . .
> 
> For printing on the 2400 I've put together a PS curve to match screen
> to print, essentially a luminance profile of the ABW mode.  This has
> allowed me very precise screen control by adding a layer to the file
> for viewing (which is then, of course, turned off for printing).  I'd
> like to be able able to convert the PS layer curve to an .ICC profile
> so that I can use it in the Soft Proof mode.  I know that the Color
> Management dialogue allows a custom ink gain curve, put this is not
> precise enough.  How can I take the curve (or its numbers) and make an
> ICC profile from it?  Many thanks.
> 
> Walt   
>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> As far as I am aware this can't be done.  Yes you can take a custom 
dot gain
> curve and have PS convert that to an ICC profile but I don't think 
that is
> what you want.  Hence Roy Harrington's efforts re QTR-Create-ICC 
which reads
> Gretag Macbeth Measuretool data and creates a greyscale ICC profile.
> Colorshopx has a utility which attempts to do the same thing but 
you can't
> read actual data and you can only input a transfer curve.
> 
> 
> > From: wwodets <odets@c...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 03:39:59 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Some help on curves conversion to ICC, 
please . . .
> > 
> > For printing on the 2400 I've put together a PS curve to match 
screen
> > to print, essentially a luminance profile of the ABW mode.  This 
has
> > allowed me very precise screen control by adding a layer to the 
file
> > for viewing (which is then, of course, turned off for printing).  
I'd
> > like to be able able to convert the PS layer curve to an .ICC 
profile
> > so that I can use it in the Soft Proof mode.  I know that the 
Color
> > Management dialogue allows a custom ink gain curve, put this is 
not
> > precise enough.  How can I take the curve (or its numbers) and 
make an

> > ICC profile from it?  Many thanks.
> > 
> > Walt   
> >