Digital BW, The Print

I have been experimenting using the black ink only setting on my Epson 2200 with only Epson's standard cartridges. So far I am very encouraged with the results. I am very curious about whether others have tried using the black ink only setting with the Epson 2200, and their opinion about  the resulting B&W prints. Too, any questions, observations and/or suggestions about the workflow below will be much appreciated.

Using the follow settings/paper/ink and PS 7, the resulting B&W print is neutral in tone:
    Epson Enhanced Matte Paper
    Matte Black ink
    Profile: Enhanced Matte
    Intent: Perceptual
    Black Point is checked
    Ink--Black (Matte Black is installed)
    Color Controls is chosen
    Gamma: 1.8
    Print Quality: 2880
    High Speed: Off

In PS--Channel Mixer is used to convert to B&W. Settings in Channel Mixer are: Red +43;Green+ 33 and Blue +24. The the image is then desaturated (Image>Adjustments>Desaturate). 

Peter





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