Digital BW, The Print

Mark;
I agree with Martin, the custom profiles are the best place to start-
 a properly profiled paper will render a decent sepia print just as 
though it were a full color print, by and large. The least expensive 
software for that is probably Monaco Ezcolor, though it's not the 
most powerful. Short of that- if you start with a duo-tri-quadtone 
in PS, CONVERT IT TO RGB befor you print it. Is very difficult to 
fine-tune the color by going back and 'specifying a different ink 
shade'. In RGB OTOH, you can use an adjustment layer to get rid of a 
global color cast. Or, if you have a green or blue shift in a 
specific part of the tonal range, try this: a)zoom in on the area 
that most clearly displays the color shift  B)open a curves 
adjustment dialogue box, and set it for the color most likely to fix 
the problem e.g., if you have green crossover, you could use either 
the green curve or the red curve, if you have blue then use the 
blue. Place your cursor on the most obvious of-color area on the 
image, and do a 'ctrl-click' (or Mac equivalent) on that spot. That 
gives you a control point on the curve. Set a few more points on 
either side so that the whole curve doesn't move, and then adjust 
the first point up or down to get rid of the crossover.

Hope this helps

Steve

www.stevekphoto.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "markroth61" <mark80905@h...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 5:25 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] frustrations printing on a 980...
> 
> 
> > Am using the 980, with Epson archival matte paper. Have been 
messing
> > around with this printer for several months now, and prior to
> > converting to quad-black inks shortly, am trying to get sepia,
> > bronze, and other warm-toned prints out of this printer, using 
the
> > color inks. It prints excellent full-color prints, but when
> > attempting to make sepia-toned, or bronze, or using any of the
> > Duotones, Tritones, or Quadtones presets in PS6, it falls 
flat...the
> > tones look horrible....mostly with a green or blue cast, or the 
tone
> > is very exaggerated and unacceptable.
> >
> > The only decent prints I've attained, (which are nearly 
acceptable
> > but not resembling the presets), are printing with the "photo-
> > enhance, sepia" options selected in the Epson Advanced setting 
prior
> > to the print. (btw, the heads are clear, and the printer 
otherwise
> > works great as mentioned, in full color.)
> >
> Mark,
> 
> To accomplish what you want I suggest you have some custom 
profiles made for
> the papers you want to use. While you may be getting good color 
with the
> default Epson color management, it may not be good enough for 
making
> monochrome prints which are close to neutral. Most of the people 
printing
> B&W with color ink sets seem to recommend profiles as the only way 
to
> overcome the problems you describe
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
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