jardo
Well-known member
Hi,
I am doing some tests with G7. I work with non-standard presses, being that what I am trying to G7-ize is a high speed/volume inkjet web press. Now I understand that G7 works with the fact that you have inks and paper that are within the ISO specs. I will say upfront, I do not have paper and inks that are within ISO specs. I have followed the "G7 Calibrating, Printing, and Proofing by the G7 Method" PDF step by step as best as possible.
I have applied G7 to a inkjet press of ours and have seen good results that show positive CMY gray balance and test targets achieve better contrast. The catch is my Black ink. My black ink is casted very much towards the blue side of the spectrum. So when viewing my black and white photos that print in either black only, cmy only, or all cmyk, the black only looks very out of place because my cmy and cmyk are gray balance and look neutral but my black only photo looks very cool.
Is there a way to force my CMY curves to match the blue casted hue of my black ink without effecting the chroma of my 4color photo's drastically or in a bad way? I am using the Idealliance software, so if there is a magical button, preference setting that I need to make, I would prefer to do it in the software. Is this just not possible because I do not have ISO standard paper and Ink?
All thoughts and opinions are appreciated!
I am doing some tests with G7. I work with non-standard presses, being that what I am trying to G7-ize is a high speed/volume inkjet web press. Now I understand that G7 works with the fact that you have inks and paper that are within the ISO specs. I will say upfront, I do not have paper and inks that are within ISO specs. I have followed the "G7 Calibrating, Printing, and Proofing by the G7 Method" PDF step by step as best as possible.
I have applied G7 to a inkjet press of ours and have seen good results that show positive CMY gray balance and test targets achieve better contrast. The catch is my Black ink. My black ink is casted very much towards the blue side of the spectrum. So when viewing my black and white photos that print in either black only, cmy only, or all cmyk, the black only looks very out of place because my cmy and cmyk are gray balance and look neutral but my black only photo looks very cool.
Is there a way to force my CMY curves to match the blue casted hue of my black ink without effecting the chroma of my 4color photo's drastically or in a bad way? I am using the Idealliance software, so if there is a magical button, preference setting that I need to make, I would prefer to do it in the software. Is this just not possible because I do not have ISO standard paper and Ink?
All thoughts and opinions are appreciated!