[Leica] Paper profile question

[Christopher Crawford]

Quadtone RIP is great. My only issue is that it doesn’t have profiles for a lot of papers I like on the printer I use, and I don't have the money to buy the profiling gear to make them.


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On 8/21/18, 11:30 PM, "LUG on behalf of Paul Roark via LUG" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    I print all my B&W with QuadToneRip.
    
    Many use the OEM inkset, but I prefer a dedicated B&W approach.
    
    FWIW,
    
    Paul
    www.PaulRoark.com
    
    On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 5:39 PM Christopher Crawford <
    chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
    
    > Ken,
    >
    > Inexpensive profiling kits like that one don't really produce very good
    > profiles, and even the high end profiling devices don't do well for BW
    > printing. To be honest, the Epson Advanced BW Mode produces FAR more
    > accurate B&W prints than you'll get from using any color profile, and it is
    > built-in and free.
    >
    > I made a tutorial on how to use it:
    >
    > https://youtu.be/kxkpJEzn8YM
    >
    >
    > --
    > Chris Crawford
    > Fine Art Photography
    > Fort Wayne, Indiana
    > 260-437-8990
    >
    > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
    >
    > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
    > Like My Work on Facebook
    >
    >
    > On 8/21/18, 8:07 PM, "LUG on behalf of Ken Carney" <lug-bounces+chris=
    > chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of kcarney1 at cox.net>
    > wrote:
    >
    >     Tapping the wisdom of the LUG:  I would like to start making my own
    >     paper profiles for b&w on Epson printers.  B&H has the X-Rite kit on
    >     sale for $389.
    >
    >
    > https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1369004-REG/x_rite_eostudio_i1studio.html
    >
    >     Will this be a good solution?  Now I am using the Spyder 3 Pro for
    >     monitors, and the factory profiles for papers (Hahnemuelle, Epson
    > etc.)
    >     This is with soft-proofing the paper profiles then adjusting if
    >     necessary.  Most of the time the prints are good...but I would like
    > them
    >     to be better.  Previously I have used ImagePrint with good results,
    > but
    >     dang it is expensive to keep upgrading for a hobbyist.
    >
    >     Ken
    >
    >
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