Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert Wang" <leica_phile@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Why is a magenta cast in my Epson C80 prints but
not Ilford glossy?


> Hi Martin,
>
> Thanks for your advice. Of course doing color prints is just as hard
> as black and white printing to be honest :)

Albert,

I find color printing much harder myself. I just don't have any feel for
making color corrections. The technology is much better for color printing
though.

... I'm just trying to
> figure out how to do better matte prints.
>
> Using the PhotoEnhance4 option very well and the colors turned out a
> lot better :)

I'm glad you found something to help with your problem.

Martin
>
> >
> > 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
>
>
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