Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for that.  Much better results with Quadtone RIP.  I guess I am now 
getting a bit confused and if anyone wants to give me a quick tutorial/
explanation I would appreciate it.  In the color world, I thought a standard 
workflow in PS was to work in a broad color gamut such as Adobe RGB 
(1998) and then define the print space to be the ICC profile for the paper/
printer combination used.  Then there is no postscript color management.  By 
using QTR or Gimp are we "color managing" in a postscript world?  (Forgive 
my ignorance if I am jumbling the wrong technical terms - I am very new to all 
this.)  If I print a colour doc with Gimp how do I tell it the color space of my 
output device?  Are these already loaded into Gimp and hence it is done 
when I select the output paper in the Gimp version applicable to my printer?  

Sorry for introducing colout to a B&W forum but I am really trying to 
understand this stuff.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield <
scho@m...> wrote:
> I think the correct settings should be:  print space same as source,  
> print resolution 1440x720 Highest quality (Don't use 1440x1440 - it  
> floods too much ink on the paper).  The rest of your QTR settings look  
> OK.
> 
> On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 04:12  AM, kiwikale wrote:
> 
> > I just tried using both QuadTone RIP 2.0 and Gimp 4.2.5 for the first  
> > time with
> > my Epson 2100 inkset. When I used Quadtone RIP my image came out
> > extremely dark. So I then tested it with Gimp 4.2.5 (which I had to  
> > download to
> > install QuadTone) and the image came out very very light in tone vs  
> > what I
> > see in Photoshop. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > My working space for the image in PS is Dot Gain 15. I am printing to
> > Somerset Enhanced Velvet  paper. I am using the Epson matt black ink.  
> > My
> > print space is set to SP 2100 Watercolor - RW_MK. In Gimp (and  
> > Quadtone)
> > Printer Features the Basic Settings are set at Matt Paper (there is no
> > watercolor in 4.2.5), 1440x1440 DPI Highest Quality, Photograph,  
> > Adaptive
> > Hybrid, 7 Color Photo. The Quadtone Settings are
> > Quadtone RIP and I am using a curve which is simply a duplicated and
> > renamed (printer to correspond with the printer list, profile name to  
> > 2100-
> > neutral) example curve provided by Roy (2200-neutral).
> >
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