Hello, I work in black and white photography, most of my images are about subtle tone distinctions, especially in the very deep end, what we used to call threshold density or zone I to II. I have been struggling with a series of so called RGB ink-jet printers especially the Epson Stylus series, 10,000, 9600, 7,500 5,000 etc, usually with dye ( non archival ink) wherever possible, forfeiting longevity for brilliance.
My question has to do with the compression of file data during the conversion to the output profile . How does Perceptual rendering, which maps black and white to the destination space and compresses all the file data accordingly and Black Point Compensation, a function which Adobe provides to prevent clipping of data beneath a device�s maximum shadow point, work together without conflict or redundancy, or do they? And finally, if one or both of these functions is operating properly, why am I still frequently obliged to manually target files to the maximum shadow and minimum highlight points of the printer-ink-paper combination? Any help understanding this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Paul Lowry -- >>Paul Lowry >>Academy of Lagado >>Lower Laurentians,Canada >>www.paullowry.com >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
