Digital BW, The Print

Hi Charles;
 Don't be discouraged by claims that it isn't good enough- I've seen 
great prints by Clayton and (I think) a list member named Huntley? 
he shoots 8x10 and his stuff was georgeous. And for some reason his 
1160 did a far better job of it than my 1280, as does Claytons 870. 
I think a lot depends on the individual printer and model, and we 
never had anything except our Epsons to test this out on.

Just the same, let me offer a suggestion. Clayton recomends setting 
the printer profile (under color management in the print dialogue) 
to 'same as source'. That's fine if the base setting of 'Dot-gain 
20' or Gray gamma 2.2 works for you. However,the source profile and 
printer profile in effect cancel each other out if you have to move 
off-center and you leave it on 'same as source'. You need to keep 
the printer profile on DG-20 (or move it downwards if you need 
darker) while you move the source profile upwards. In other words, 
they have to move in opposite directions to have an effect on your 
tonal values. 

Bear in mind that these are just simple curves. A DG-20 means you 
take a linear curve graph, grab it at the 50% point and move it up 
to the 70% percent point. If your particular image needs a more 
complex adjustment, you'll still have to apply that as a curve 
yourself. All you can do is find a 'center' that gets you close,then 
you fine-tune as always.

Best luck,

Steve Karafyllakis

http://stevekphoto.com

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jeades947 
<jeades1@s...>" <jeades1@s...> wrote:
> I have tried to get the hang of black only printing as described 
by 
> Clayton Jones so well.But, when I try this with my Canon S750 
> printer; I fail to get any values above Zone 7 to have any body in 
> them. They are all blank white. I have tried increasing the 
> intensity of the black ink from within the printer properties 
> without success at all. I even went to transfer setting and 
adjusted 
> the curve in the direction I thought would give me the desired 
> results, without any avail. I indicated to the printer it was to 
> print in grayscale mode and had assigned Dot Gain 30% with 
> Photoshop.I was using Quadtone printing very well till I read 
about 
> this which would seem to save a bundle of cash from not having to 
> buy color cartridges every two weeks. That will break a rich man 
> soon. What am I obviously doing wrong????? Back to Best Buy 
tomorrow 
> for more ink to experiment with. I must have made 30 prints today 
> trying to get it right.