Digital BW, The Print

Carolyn, that book looks very interesting and it opens me a new 
perspective, soon i'll buy; but I am afraid to be misunderstood (my 
english is not so good...): I need to print black and white shots on 
paper,( I scan MY NEGATIVE ) and when the image on the video is 
perfect (my monitor is not very well calibrated, but with color shots 
it works good), the black is looking black and the general tone seems 
to be correct,than I obtain (on Epson Photo Paper, usually) a 
beautiful green print!!! I think that it depends by the paper, but I 
don 't find a way to correct it. Before to buy Power Rip 2000 
software I was using the Epson drivers and various ICC profiles, but 
nothing is changed. I also use Channel mixing to desaturate, and 
Duotone could be the right answer: but if I try with a "warm" black 
to compensate the "green", the results in never a "good grey". My 
secret dream is to obtain something like platinum or palladium 
prints!.....With Duotone usually I have Duo...tones: the colors are 
separated, some zones appear "warm" and other "cold".  I would like 
to find a curve or a right Photoshop setting......I repeat: on the 
monitor the b&w image is correct and beautiful, on paper(I have 
changed 6 or 7 brands) it is greeny. Correcting it with a very little 
Magenta, the results is not satisfying.  My feeling is that I am 
doing a very big mistake, so big that I can't see it!!! So I ask you 
or to other experts, if you print b&w prints on Epson by color 
cartridges, which are, in sequence, the operations you do ? And how 
is setted up your Photoshop? Best regards.Daniele.
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Carolyn  Frayn 
<carolyn@u...> wrote:
> Try http://www.danburkholder.com
> 
> Dan has a truly amazing book about making black and white negatives 
for
> contact printing. I'm not sure that is what d.martini is after.
> 
> Sounds like your files need adjustments prior to printing. Finding 
your
> black and white points with levels or making a wee contrast curve 
will help
> the flatness. Channel Mixing will give you a better BW or Duotone 
than
> desaturation or straight gray scale conversion. I always print from 
RGB to
> Epson's as they'll convert your file on the fly. If you print from 
CMYK the
> printer driver converts again to CMYK giving you color casts on BW 
or
> Duotone images.
> 
> 
> Regards, Carolyn
> 
> 
> > 
> > Could you check the URL please, didn´t find it.
> > Bernd