Digital BW, The Print

David Keenan wrote:
>> just print the target, use the measure tool of PFP, check the box "QTR
>> Format Ovewrite" and read the patches.
> 
> Thanks. The process seems simple enough.
> 
> But since ABW is not a ICC based process, I would assume that the QTR ICC
> has no bearing on the actual printing of the print.
> 
> If that is the case, then the QTR ICC process really just results in a
> method to soft proof within PS.
> 
> Is the summary correct? If it is, why specify the ICC profile at all when
> printing?
> 
> I must be missing something. Basically, other than the soft proof, what's
> the point of a QTR ICC (or any ICC) when printing in ABW mode?
> 
> Dave.

In almost any color managed printer driver there's an option 
that allows you to use the color management of the 
application you print from by disabling the driver's color 
management. If you do that the driver is as dumb on color 
management as QTR and ABW are but for all three drivers you 
get the possibility to use the application's color 
management properly. With the normal color driver and with 
ABW this means a straight workflow, profiles selected in the 
application (PS, Qimage) and paper setting in the driver 
menu that pops up in the application. For QTR it is the same 
on a Mac from PS but for QTR on Windows you have to do a 
Profile to Profile (P2P) conversion in PS and save the file 
to QTR. With Qimage the color management can be done when 
you "print to file" and have the file appear in a hotfolder 
that will active QTR right away, Qimage will then also do 
all the other actions that you selected in that program.


Met vriendelijke groeten,  Ernst


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