Digital BW, The Print

it is a good place to start. Unlike piezo - if you try and use coloured ink
to print greyscale the inks have to be firing together so that a 50% grey is
a 50% grey without a colour cast. A RIP would allow you to linearise the
inks, AND do custom profiles. IP5 will NOT allow you to either linearise the
inks for your printer OR do custom profiles - you need them to do it for
you. But even they cannot linearise the inks. Also IP5 is not a CMYK RIP,
only RGB so it doesn't have the control over the blacks that a true CMYK RIP
would have. But without a custom profile for your printer/ink/paper combo
you really don't stand a chance of BW. You'll also need to profile your
monitor too to make sure that the casts you see on screen are 'true'.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: <dtilson@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:52 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Trying Black Only printing


> No. Will good custom profiles solve the problem?
>
> Dave
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Julian Thomas"
> <julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> > have you had a profile made for the 2200??
> >
> > Julian
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <dtilson@m...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:23 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Trying Black Only printing
> >
> >
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "danielstaver
> > > <daniel@p...>" <daniel@p...> wrote:
> > > > If my Gray Balancer software is switched on when I do BO
> printing I
> > > > get really ugly transitions in the highlights just like you
> > > describe.
> > > > Check if there is any type of color management software
> runnning in
> > > > the background that interferes with your printing. I'm not
> familiar
> > > > with the Canon, so I'm afraid I can't be more specific.
> > > >
> > > > BO prints can look extremely good, I have one of Clayton's
> prints
> > > and
> > > > you couldn't possibly ask for anything better. Smooth tones,
> > > excellent
> > > > shadows and highlights, and a certain sharpness in small details
> > > that
> > > > look different from full-color BW prints. Yes, the dots are
> there,
> > > but
> > > > they're not obvious unless you're looking really close at the
> > > picture,
> > > > and even then I don't think they detract from the overall
> impression
> > > > in any way. There are many ways do make a great print, and I
> think
> > > BO
> > > > is definitely one of them. I would do more of them myself if I
> could
> > > > get some neutral black inks for my 2100.
> > > >
> > > > --- 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.
> > >
> > > I just acquired an Epson 2200 and tried black only printing using
> the
> > > Photo black ink and Epson Premium glossy paper. Although the
> > > sharpness and tonal gradations are excellent, the color of the
> print
> > > is very warm -- objectionably so for my taste. I am about to try
> the
> > > matte black and a matte paper such as EAM. I am a long time user
> of
> > > Piezo inks and get very satisfactory results from my Epson 1160
> with
> > > piezotone inks. Is there some way of getting neutral B&W prints
> from
> > > the 2200 without investing in something like Imageprint 5?
> > >
> > > David Tilson
> > >
> > >
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