Digital BW, The Print

Martin

Other than the different color management in PS 6 which I came to understand
by researching Digital Dog and The Computer Darkroom do you feel there is
any reason to purchase Real World Photoshop 6 if I have already read and
cherish Real World Photoshop 5?

Also Paul Cap's new book "Adobe Photoshop Master Class" is excellent.


Thank you,
Carolyn




> 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
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