Digital BW, The Print

Dear Paul R.,

I guess I owe you a dinner next time you are near Washington, DC!

Once I overcame some user stupidity (it helps to remove the vent plug from the MIS cartridge!) and figured out both how to use the ICCs you generously shared with the rest of us and to find/install the right driver for my Mac G5 running Leopard OS X 10.5 (non-Intel), I quickly started getting prints I was very happy with.  MIS Premier Art Matte BW Paper was used.  While the print quality I am getting probably reflects that I am at the earliest "newbie" stage, at least I am getting decent prints from the Epson C88+ -- and I am therefore very grateful to you.  (Note:  For Mac users, I was able to apply Paul's ICC through the "devices" option in the "ColorSync" utility in the "Utilities" folder under "Applications."  I put the ICCs in the place suggested by Paul in the zip file linked to Paul's paper posted on the Internet entitled "Epson C88+ Dilute Eboni Carbon -13.5% ("C13-5")" dated 4-18-08.  Also in Photoshop Elements 3.0 for Macs, in the print dialog box there is a "Show More Options" check box which, if checked, reveals a "Color Management" menu where you can select Paul's ICC under the "Print Space" menu and then select "Perceptual" in the "Intent" menu.) In the "Color Settings" option in Photoshop Elements, the selection used was "No Color Management." -- I welcome any suggestions from anyone for improving my choices!  This newbie needs all the help he can get!).

Paul, the offer for dinner (or lunch or breakfast or coffee) is good -- whenever you get to the Washington, D.C. area.  Just let me know.  Again, I am very grateful for your generosity in sharing your very considerable knowledge.

Best,
Bobby






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> "Robert" <bobbylipman@> wrote:
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> > As best I can tell, Epson provides a driver for the computer and printer and that was downloaded.  
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> Does the driver have the "Color Controls" and "ICM" "No Color Adjustment" options?
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> >I am getting very poor quality prints (no blacks, few details, etc.) 
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> Is the nozzle check perfect?
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> > and the printer's warning lights are complaining that the inks are non-Epson.
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> Usually what I see with non-epson carts is an initial warning that you just ignore.  If lights are flashing, the printers usually don't work at all.  That is usually when there is a bad chip or connection to the chip.
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> > Any advice would me much appreciated from you or Mac users or others.
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> I'm Windows, so Macs might react differently to the various problems.  However, over the years it seems once you get to a full Epson driver, most things are the same.  At one point, however, the "color controls" of the Mac drivers had somewhat different characteristics than they did with Windows.  As such, ICCs made for "color controls" in Windows were off a bit when used with Macs.
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
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