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2007-04-02 by jonthor_jont
i'm having problems with printing on hahnemuehle "photo rag" paper. I am loosing som gray tones when I use the profile from hanemuehle's hompage. anybody know a good profile for this paper. I'm printing on a epson 7600 and I'm using mac os x. thanks.
2007-04-02 by Mark Savoia
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On Apr 2, 2007, at 7:17 AM, jonthor_jont wrote: > i'm having problems with printing on hahnemuehle "photo rag" paper. > I am loosing som gray > tones when I use the profile from hanemuehle's hompage. anybody > know a good profile for > this paper. I'm printing on a epson 7600 and I'm using mac os x. > > thanks. > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > resources as they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you > wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by > visiting this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages > to keep them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed > from the membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be > removed from the membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules > and guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the > group Owner and Moderators. See “Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines” > in the Files section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE > “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL > NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER > INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE “OWNER” AND “MODERATORS” OF DIGITAL > BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF > SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE > THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO > OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR > CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO > GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
2007-04-02 by jonthor_jont
photo chrome. black one is matte, light black is not matte thohgh.
but i kan see the loss of grayscale when i convert to the hahnemuehle profile in photoshop
("convert to profile...."). so i was hoping there were a good profile out there for this paper
wich doesn't loose some of the gray scale.2007-04-02 by David Whistance
I find I have to use an additional curves layer with "off the shelf" profiles when I check the proofing in Photoshop as most printer profiles seem to lose some contrast. These curves are consistent from print to print with each paper so once made I save them and use them again and again. I created them all by eye and they seem to work just fine for both B&W and colour. David Whistance
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Subject: Re: [Digital BW] hanemuehle paper
photo chrome. black one is matte, light black is not matte thohgh.
but i kan see the loss of grayscale when i convert to the hahnemuehle
profile in photoshop
("convert to profile...."). so i was hoping there were a good profile out
there for this paper
wich doesn't loose some of the gray scale.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2007-04-05 by Keith Zimmerman
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jonthor_jont"
<jonth_r@...> wrote:
>
> photo chrome. black one is matte, light black is not matte thohgh.
> but i kan see the loss of grayscale when i convert to the
hahnemuehle profile in photoshop
> ("convert to profile...."). so i was hoping there were a good
profile out there for this paper
> wich doesn't loose some of the gray scale.
>
Are you printing an RGB or Greyscale image? The profiles from
Hahnemuhle are for RGB, not Greyscale. I use Greyscale for all my
bw images and only use the profiles from Hahnemuhle for soft-
proofing in Photoshop. Even with soft-proofing, I have found the
best way to determine if I am getting what I want is to make a test
print.
With my image in Greyscale, I print from Photoshop and let the Epson
driver and ABW do the work, using my default Greyscale profile,
which is Dot Gain 20%. Depending on the photo and paper, I
sometimes have to use adjustment curves to fine-tune the tones for
the paper.
This is what works for me. I just thought I would share it.
keithz2007-04-05 by jonthor_jont
thanks, i will check this out. I am though printing in rgb, and the picture is a mixture of b&w an color. I found i got the closest when i printed 720dpi hw. matte mode on the printer. thanks for the comments.