Creating A Custom B&W ICC Profile

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I have been using the dedicated advanced black and white (ABW) driver in my Epson R3880 for many years with excellent results after figuring out what it does and does not like, I decided to try and create a black and white custom icc profile with the X-Rite Color Munki to see how it compared to the ABW driver in the Epson.

On the two types of paper I tested the custom profile on, ( Marrutt Archival Matte) and Hahnemuhle Fine Art baryta 325, I was actually quite impressed with the results.

Creating the black and white icc profile was fairly easy with the Color Munki as you are basically optimising an exsisting colour profile.

I have put together a small video explaining the steps I took

http://www.digitalblackandwhite.co.uk/blog-posts/custom-black-white-icc-profile.html/
 
Many thanks for the guide, helped as well with soft proofing in LR
 
I don't have the Luxury of the ABW feature on my low end Epson printers so depend on B&W optimised profiles to get High Quality B&W images.

I my case I use the Datacolor print profiling system, using their extended grey option, doing this I also get excellent B&W images.

It's an option well worth investing in, if quality repeatable results are needed, not only for B&W but colour too.

Costs of the lower end systems used by x-rite and Datacolor soon pay for themselves in saved paper and ink, especially if using genuine cartridges.

Paul
 
viewfromthenorth said:
Interestingly, I'm getting a slight variation between prints using ABW. I've always used it, but since it was pointed out recently when I had a panel of 20 prints reviewed, I'm going to try and get a custom profile done.
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Unless you are referring to the custom profile in my article, i am curious as to what you mean because the ABW does not use Profiles
 
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