Digital BW, The Print

Hi Daniele,

I understood you well indeed. Someone else linked you to Dan's site and
book, I just corrected the link. I have gotten a lot from Dan's book but it
is not what you are after for printing BW "prints." I was interested in gum
printing when I read his book.

I get some decent duotones and lovely B&W from my Epson 2000P if I do not
view them in daylight.   I also get rich B&W without color shift or color
cast problems from my EX and 1200 using Epson dye inks when archival
qualities are not an issue.

It is important to print from an RGB file, not grayscale or CMYK as the
conversion from the latter two files causes unsightly shifting.

If you want my little workflow for printing B&W prints with color dye inks
on Epson Photo Paper I would be happy to write it up this weekend and send
it to you.


Regards,
Carolyn



> 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.