Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert Wang" <leica_phile@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Why is a magenta cast in my Epson C80 prints but not
Ilford glossy?


> I am presently using an Epson C80 and so far, printing on the Ilford
> Glossy and Pearl (smooth) papers has been the ideal solution for
> glossy papers. However, I tried to print the pictures (tinted black
> and white) using the same settings apart from changing the paper
> profiling settings on both Heavyweight Matte Paper and Archival
> Matte. The pictures look spectacular under daylight and tungsten
> lighting.
>
> However, when I brought the matte prints under regular bright
> florescent lighting, the prints suffer from a magenta cast which is
> indicative of too much magenta in the pictures from the Epson C80.
> What should I do?
>
> Should I do -10 magenta color correction in the settings before
> printing? Thanks again for your help.
>
> By the way, the magneta cast appears only on matte prints under
> florescent lighting but glossy prints look absolutely fine under any
> lighting conditions. Is it because of the coating?
>
> AW

Albert,

This is one of the great difficulties in achieving neutral or close to
neutral B&W prints with the standard Epson inks or any color ink set. In
order to really optimize it you will probably need some custom printer
profiles made that match your printer and inks to the papers you want to
use.

Generally most people in your position have wound up dedicating another
printer to B&W printing using one of the grayscale ink sets. The new Espon
2200 might offer you a better path for a single printer but custom profiles
or software such as Image Print would still be desirable.

Martin Wesley