Could you please explain option 4) and the required steps in more detail?
4) finally there's the standard color management approach. Make an ICC profile and print
with it. On a Mac with Print-Tool this is by far the easiest and in a sense the "standard" way.
With nice linearized QTR profiles the generic "QTR driver Gray Matte (or Photo) Paper"
ICC profiles do quite well but a customized one with all the QTR driver blending selections
etc is the best. Personally I like this the best but it's less convenient for PCs. Also if you are
used to #1 above you'll find it disconcerting at first because you have to re-get-used-to-it.
Are you saying that a linearized QTR (nCM) (as print profile?) and embedded "Gray Matte (or Photo) Paper" gives prints that are comparable to what's displayed on the screen (w/o further soft-proofing)? ...
I don't understand the need for linearization of the printer-driver without CM if all subsequent prints involve a profile, e.g. GrayGamma 2.2. What is wrong with the approach of Walker?
Thanks in advance.
Glenn