Digital BW, The Print

What does "assigned profile dot gain 20%" do? I'm new at this. I've
been using the same settings as you for black only on my 1280 with
EAM, except for the "assigned profile" Does this have any impact on
the printed image, or just what you see on the screen? 
Bob Michaels
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Clayton Jones" <cj@c...> wrote:
> I made a mistake in the previous list of Black-Only settings.  The
> assigned profile was wrong.  My apologies for the mistake.  Here is
> the correct list, which gives close to true WYSIWYG with EAM and PR. 
> This technique seems to require the 6-ink printers with 4 picoliter
> ink droplets.
> 
>  - scanned neg in PS7 in Gray Scale mode
>  - assigned profile is Dot Gain 20%
>  - print using Epson driver with these settings
>      - Ink = black
>      - resolution = Photo 1440 dpi
>      - High Speed is checked
>      - color control = gamma 2.2
>      - contrast/brightness sliders are at 0
>      - paper setting is Matte Paper - Heavyweight
> 
> 
> Regards, - cj