Digital BW, The Print

Bob,

Thanks for passing that on to Daniele. I have been meaning to make 
sure she knew of that method. I just got at copy of "Real World 
Photoshop 6" and glancing though it, they seem to have a decent 
section on working with Duotones as well as tons of other excellent 
Photoshop advice. Might be worth checking out.

Thank you for the update on your workflow. Which third party inks are 
you using for you B&W prints?

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Robert Bollini 
<rbollini@n...> wrote:
> > Message: 1
> >    Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:14:51 -0000
> >    From: d.martini@c...
> > Subject: Print B&W with Epson 5000 color cartridges
> >
> > I am just new in this group, and I see that everybody have great
> > knowledge about b&w digital printing, so I think there will be
> > someone who could advise me. I scan my films by a Powerlook III 
Umax
> > and Binuscan Photoperfect, then I print them by an Epson 5000 and
> > Power RIP 2000 software (with Photoshop 6): normally I am quite
> > satisfied of the results in color . The trouble begins with the 
b&w
> > printing: if I print only with black the result is poor, if I 
print
> > monochrome the result is almost "green", regardless the type of
> > paper;
> >
> Daniele,
> 
> For what it's worth, I've been enjoying remarkable success with a
> technique apparently suggested recently by Paul Caponigro in *Camera
> Arts* (I've not seen the article, but Martin Wesley has, and he
> suggested a starting point on this list).
> 
> The trick is simple enough: convert your image to RGB (if you're 
working
> in greyscale) just before printing, and add a Levels adjustment 
layer.
> Set the gamma of the red channel to 1.05, and the gamma of the blue
> channel to 1.10. The screen image will take on a tone, but the 
neutral
> print will not reflect the green cast characteristic of Epson OEM 
inks.
> Try a print. My last BW printed neutrally with the red gamma set to 
1.07
> and the blue 1.12 with third-party dye inks on my Epson 1160.
> I'm printing on Epson Photo Paper SO41141-60.
> 
> Bob Bollini