Mike
I and others create these profiles using a module that is part of Quadtone
RIP (QTR). The module is called QTR Create ICC. Yes you can use your
EyeOne. Download PM 5 from the GM site. In that there is a module called
MeasureTool which can be used without buying PM 5 (ie it is fully functional
in demo mode). These are Mac instructions but Windoze is broadly, if not
exxactly, the same. In the QTR download - shareware $50 - there is a folder
called CurveDesign. Drag this to your applications folder. Within this
there is a folder called EyeOne and in that there are 4 MeasureTool text
reference files. These tell MeasureTool what data you are going to scan.
Copy them to Applications/ProfileMaker Pro 5.03/Reference
Files/Printer/EyeOne. Back in the CurveDesign/EyeOne folder again are 4
greyscale step wedge tif files that match each of the 4 reference files.
Select the one you wish to use for profiling and print it with the
particular print settings you wish to profile, eg Adv B&W/EEM
paper/Neutral/Darker. It should be printed without colour management. Then
use MeasureTool to measure the printed target. MeasureTool saves a .txt
file. Simply drag this MeasureTool .txt output file to the QTR-Create-ICC
droplet application that sits in the EyeOne folder in CurveDesign. When the
app icon highlights release the .txt file and QTR Create ICC will create two
files wherever the .txt input is stored. One is an ICC file, the other is a
graphical depiction of the data you scanned. You can then use this ICC
profile for soft proofing and for printing. For printing, instead of no
color adjustment in the PS print with preview pane select Let Photoshop
Determine Colors, select the profile you made and Perceptual intent. You
will then have luminance managed output. For soft proofing, you will be
able to see not only the compressed tonal range of the print space but also
its hue. Of course, the profile is only relevant for the workflow settings
you profiled.
Hope this helps
Steve
CAVEAT: As noted in the other thread there is a very minor glitch in the
hue soft proofing. Keep the MeasureTool output files you generate (ie the
files used for input to QTR Create ICC) so that when Roy fixes the minor
glitch you cn simply rerun QTR Create ICC and get new profiles.
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> From: photofan21 <mike43@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:49:38 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Creating a profile for Advanced B&W printing on Epson
> R2400
>
> On Monday 10/17/05 Steve Kale wrote, "I have profiled my Epson Adv B&W
> settings, one for each hue - neutral, warm, sepia and cool." I was
> wondering how he created the profiles. Can I use the Eye-One Photo
> system to create these profiles? If so, how do I create them with
> Eye-One? Do I print and scan a color grid or a gray scale step wedge?
> How do I use the profiles in PS once I create them?
>
> I would appreciate any help Steve or others can provide on this issue.
> Thanks,
> Mike Fauman