Ian, Glenn, Helen said she intends to send this to Ilford for printing on their Lambda machine. Surely that would make profiling as though she were going to print onto an ink jet, even a 'value added' one, somewhat redundant?
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I didn't pick up on that Toby, but I only really meant that I deferred to Ian's experience because I have never done any profiling and didn't want to offer advice in that respect.
However, I would still recommend doing a test print of an 8x10 area. An 8x10 Ilford print costs £4.26 and a 20x30 costs £38.32. You then have an end to end check of the whole process, and can compare it to the same area on-screen, before committing to the expensive full-size print. You can also check that the surface finish is as you want.
Not my idea by the way. I pinched it from Nick Carver.
However, I would still recommend doing a test print of an 8x10 area. An 8x10 Ilford print costs £4.26 and a 20x30 costs £38.32. You then have an end to end check of the whole process, and can compare it to the same area on-screen, before committing to the expensive full-size print. You can also check that the surface finish is as you want.
Not my idea by the way. I pinched it from Nick Carver.
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Thanks for your comments guys. More food for thought and much appreciated. I have never been really happy with the title and like the image it is a work in progress. Hopefully something will occur to me when I am thinking about something else.
I see the soft proof as a way to distinguish the difference between a reflective print (which ever type) and an emissive / light generating display as they are fundamentally different.
Computer displays are RGB and black is an absence of any colour, print black is maximum ink or other pigment. SImilarly white on paper is zero ink and you see the native paper colour. With a display white is maximum R,G and B all at the same time.
If you want good correlation and repeatability from display to print (even for Lambda) soft proofing using a paper generated profile is the way to go.
If you are happy with the results you get, carry on and ignore this colour science mumbo jumbo
I have found the whiter and glossier the paper the less the difference between screen and print.
If you have matt / uncoated printer paper there is a much bigger difference as this paper can hold ink to the extent needed for deeper black and a wide contrast range. This paper is also reflecting back less light and therefore looks less bright.