Hi Martin, This is the last part of the process I have not finished studying, is this approach yielding the exact same results as calibrating on plain, vanilla dot gain. I don't know the answer to that question yet. Roger > Hi Roger, > > this is very much like the traditional matching by dot gain I think. > Did you use delta E, different formulas? > > Martin Weberg > > 2009/6/19 Roger <graxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > What I'm trying to find is can something similar be done *without* a > linear > > press ICC profile? Based on just four cyan, magenta and yellow step > wedges, > > from 0% to 100%. My hypothesis is, if, through 1D curves, it is > possible to > > colorimetrically match the individual CMYK channels, or within a very > close > > tolerance, THEN in my view, the Lab values in the Reference print > conditions > > in the rest of that colorspace ought to match also. Since the two > sets of > > colors are linearly related. That is my hypothesis.