Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 6/11/02 1:21:18 AM, antonisphoto@... writes:

>I only wish you were $400 away from a perfectly neutral grayscale using
>the 
>Epson driver! Unfortunately, what you are trying to do simply cannot be
>done 
>with the OEM driver - even if you bought $5000 worth of color management
>
>gear. People have come "close" and whether that's good enough depends on
>
>your particular needs. Some resort to "sepia" or other colorizations to
>mask 
>the grayscale shift.  I'd say you may try the Black only option - at least
>it won't 
>drift and shift across the scale.  Ultimately, you are not going to be
>as happy 
>as a mono hex set.

All true... if his expectations are for long term archival work without color 
shift due to differential fading. If all he wants is good grays for a 
reasonable length of time, then a spectro-build custom profile for his ink 
and paper combo will probably do the trick, and cost a lot less than four or 
five hundred bucks.

C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
CDTobie@...