Digital BW, The Print

I have a similar setup, except an Epson 1270.  I get very good neutral b&w prints on Epson media by applying a color correction immediately before printing, not saved with the image in the likely event Epson decides to change ink formulation again, or the Chinese plant decides to turn out different ink from the Mexican plant, etc. The current correction (your 1280 will be different in all likelihood) is, from left to right, -2, 0, +2 in shadow, mid and highlight (Image>adjust>color balance).  When you get the right tweak, just make a PS Action so you only have to hit one button to correct.  This is of course after having calibrated the monitor as best you can.  The prints, usually on Epson Radiant White watercolor paper, show no color shift and little if any metamerism (my inspection light is 5000K, but they seem OK in any reasonable light).  Hope this helps.  BTW, I have the digital camera bug also, perhaps the new "Leica".  The quality of 35mm scanned on my Nikon 4000ED is obviously superior (even better, 8x10 negs scanned on the Linotype-Hell), but the lure of an instant pic is strong ("So, Dr. Land, you claim to have a machine that will make instant pictures, do you?").

  --Ken Carney
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: daintreeriver2002 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:25 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Using Epson 1280 to get good B&W prints


  I am a serious amateur photographer and have invested in quite a bit 
  of computer/digital equipment in the past 6 months in order to set up 
  a digital darkroom.  I'm happy with my color prints, but not so with 
  my black and whites.  I would greatly appreciate any tips or sources 
  of information to successfully print black and white photographs.  
  I'm hoping to not have to buy a lot of new equipment, but obviously 
  expect to have to buy different supplies (inks and papers)  and 
  perhaps software.  Right now, I've been working from black and white 
  negatives that I've scanned, but in the future I'd like to primarily 
  shoot new photos using my digital camera.   Here is a synopsis of my 
  current equipment set-up:

  Nikon CoolPix 5000 Digital Camera
  Nikon Super CoolScan 4000
  PhotoShop 7 (I just bought this and am definitely not a PhotoShop 
  expert yet)
  Epson 1280 Photo Stylus Printer.

  Thanks in advance



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