Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 7/11/07 2:02:34 PM, rcooke@... writes:


> Does the above combo allow a user to get good results easier/quicker
> than using QTR alone?  I have the i1 photo but as far as I know it
> won't help in B&W printing with the UT-3D inks on my 2200.  If the
> Printfix Pro has some "magic sauce" that will allow me to use
> different papers without multiple trial and error prints then I'll
> sell my i1 and buy the Printfix Pro.
> 
> I assume that I'd profile a paper using Printfix Pro using the
> extended grays target which yields an ICC profile.  The next step is a
> bit foggy to me.  If I want to mimic the Lenswork tones on a new paper
> will the ICC just produced by the Printfix Pro be used by QTR?  Is
> there a reference that might describe this process somewhere?
> 

You can use PrintFIX PRO as you describe with UT-3D inks, and the RGB driver. 
Or you can use them with QTR, and use CreateICC to build your profiles, 
measuring for them with PrintFIX PRO's measure tool, but not building the profiles 
in PrintFIX PRO. These are two seperate methods. To mimic tints or crosstones 
using PFP and the RGB driver is fairly straightforward. I can't comment on the 
process of creating custom tones curves in QTR.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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Thanks C. David.

I have one more question - does the RGB driver method use all of the
inks in the set?

Thanks again,

Richard Cooke

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 7/11/07 2:02:34 PM, rcooke@... writes:
> 
> 
> > Does the above combo allow a user to get good results easier/quicker
> > than using QTR alone?  I have the i1 photo but as far as I know it
> > won't help in B&W printing with the UT-3D inks on my 2200.  If the
> > Printfix Pro has some "magic sauce" that will allow me to use
> > different papers without multiple trial and error prints then I'll
> > sell my i1 and buy the Printfix Pro.
> > 
> > I assume that I'd profile a paper using Printfix Pro using the
> > extended grays target which yields an ICC profile.  The next step is a
> > bit foggy to me.  If I want to mimic the Lenswork tones on a new paper
> > will the ICC just produced by the Printfix Pro be used by QTR?  Is
> > there a reference that might describe this process somewhere?
> > 
> 
> You can use PrintFIX PRO as you describe with UT-3D inks, and the
RGB driver. 
> Or you can use them with QTR, and use CreateICC to build your profiles, 
> measuring for them with PrintFIX PRO's measure tool, but not
building the profiles 
> in PrintFIX PRO. These are two seperate methods. To mimic tints or
crosstones 
> using PFP and the RGB driver is fairly straightforward. I can't
comment on the 

> process of creating custom tones curves in QTR.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
> 
> 
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In a message dated 7/11/07 2:41:27 PM, rcooke@... writes:


> I have one more question - does the RGB driver method use all of the
> inks in the set?
> 

Yes, though the amounts it uses of each depends on the tints you choose to 
print...

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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