> I also think that you throw away the best part of QTR's ICC > profiling this way. There's very little difference between > keeping the images in Gamma 2.2 or Gray Lab and what it > brings is may be only visible in a CM environment when > editing. But there's a lot more control by using (custom or > generic) QTR printer profiles for editing in a CM application > (softproof) and after conversion to the profile in printing > with QTR or with Epson's ABW. > > Ernst In the case of matte/rag papers, I've found I get better results by keeping the image in gray-lab and printing with Gamma slider set to +4. Converting to the ICC profile blocks up the shadows too much. Results might be different for different papers, I haven't tested this approach with semigloss/luster papers yet. Jeff
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RE: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: QImage, ICC Profiles, and some surprising results (long)
2006-09-07 by Jeff Kohn