The link I posted was the most recent and there are several older ones that are linked in that article. Please note that the approach to using ABW 'profiles' only works with WinOS. Several years ago Apple changed their OS so that this approach no longer works. It was at this time that Eric Chan stopped making ABW profiles for customers. The advantage to this system is that you can softproof images prior to printing.
I'm using Windows 7, so no problem there. Softproofing would be a help. Two issues I saw with Keith's article (which was written in 2012, btw) is that he was using a i1Profiler and I'm not sure they are still available (at least I cannot find one anywhere...all the spectro's I could find were between $1500 to $4000, well outside my budget). The other thing is that the article does not mention the ColorMunki and only gives the procedure for the i1Profiler. So, I would need to figure out how to adapt the ColorMunki to the process, if it's even possible. I'll be honest...this is not the kind of stuff I want to invest my time in, and that's the point of my post above. Some people enjoy figuring this kind of stuff out. At 66 yo, I just want the stuff to work. :-)
As I'm thinking about it, I think the real issue is that I don't have a spectrometer / densitometer, other than the ColorMunki. Most of the QTR/calibration procedures I've seen require one at some point in time, but those are not in the budget. That means I need to do the best I can without one or use what I have. Any more money I invest in this hobby/business has to be used a lot...not used once and thrown into a corner.
The other issue I'm seeing is that I'm not using a Mac for printing, and I have no plans of implementing one into my process. If I did, then I could use QTR with Print-Tool, etc. for instance. I'm coming to realize that if you're not using a Mac and Epson in this arena, you're screwed. So, I need to look for other alternatives, and perhaps be satisfied with what I can get outside of that step.
Regarding the spectro, I'm just not sure if gaining 2-3% of dmax is worth the investment,
especially if I can gain that ground by going to a new, next generation printer. And that's the question I keep asking...
Regards,
Patrick