Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 1/12/06 10:31:23 PM, rejean94@... writes:


> Are there any profiles to softproof images in that are printed in
> advanced B&W when the color toning is different than neutral ?
> 

There's really no direct way of defining what non-neutral tones are in this 
non-ICC system. But you can print a profiling target at a given set of 
settings, and build a color profile for that setup, then use that profile to softproof 
those settings. As long as you could repeat the settings, the proof profile 
would remain valid. There would probably be some editing required to get that 
profile to be close enough. The ColorVision profiling engine has always done a 
surperior job of building preview profiles for B&W systems, so I assume it   
would be a good choice here as well. Guess I'll have to fire up a K3 printer 
and see what PrintFIX PRO will do in terms of K3 SoftProof profiles.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision, Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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