Digital BW, The Print

I take the liberty to bump this one. No opinions this whatsoever? C. 
David Tobie, I'd expect you will have some first-hand insight in this.

Joost
 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joost Horsten" 
<j.h.j.h@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> Currently I'm using UT3D inks in combination QTR (on an Epson 
2100). 
> I work on PC and I make my profiles with an Eye-one. I'm very happy 
> with this setup in terms of print quality and toning versatility. 
But 
> since I made Lightroom the centerpiece of my workflow (still doing 
> the major editing work in PS), I get more and more annoyed by the 
> fact I can't print directly from Lightroom. I know there are 
several 
> workarounds (e.g. saving as pdf and then converting to tiff etc.), 
> but it's just not convenient.
> 
> So for some time I'm considering to sell my Eye One and purchase 
> PrintFixPro. Since UT3D is essentially a full spectrum, though low 
> saturation, inkset that should allow for color managed work flow 
with 
> all conveniences of it: printing directly from Lightroom, 
previewing 
> toning, spatially different toning. This has been advocated on many 
> occaisions here.
> 
> But from a private e-mail conversation with one of the group 
members 
> I learned that the UT3D+PFP approach is nice in theory, but that in 
> practice it is dissappointing since one loses almost all toning 
> potential of UT3D and that prints are always essentially neutral. 
> Apparently the color mapping done in PFP clips a large chunk of the 
> UT3D gammut. After hearing this, I do recall an earlier remark in 
> this group (I think it came from Paul Roark), that indicated 
> something likes this, but not as severe as I learned recently.
> 
> Any experiences or insights in this? Is this is true indeed, than 
PFP 
> will be no good for me and I'd rather stick with my workarounds.
> 
> Joost
>