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Re: Proofing paper for Eboni 6 on Epson 1400 and Arches Bright White
2015-03-17 by brian_downunda@...
However the problem comes when you switch from the proofing paper to the final paper. It's going to be hard to find a paper that's a close match. Even if you do, you need to have a very good handle on soft-proofing both papers in order to make the switch fairly seamlessly. I'm using Piezography rather than Ebony, and if you have piezo curves that are exactly linear for both papers then you'd go close, although even then you'd get differences. For example, HPR has a higher dmax and so you'd typically get blacker blacks. So having accurate soft-proofs and a screen that can simulate the printing environment (e.g. Eizo CG) and being able to reliably interpret the soft-proof is essential IMHO.
If you use your ICC profiles for conversion rather than soft-proofing and printing in GG2.2 then it becomes easier, but the problem then is dealing with the shadow compression that converting to the ICC causes.