Digital BW, The Print

Sunday, February 9, 2003, 11:00:28 PM, stevez wrote:


>> 
>> From: Peter Palmieri <pcpalmieri@...>
>> Subject: Re: B W's with Black Ink
>> 
>> 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\ufffd 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

s> My experience today with these or similar settings are less attractive than
s> printing RGB B W's.\ufffd I find that the lower half of the scale is very low in
s> contrast and artificially elevated in brightness, and then at the very
s> lowest numbers, the blacks just dive off the scale.\ufffd So far I like the
s> "PhotoRealistic method" the best:

s> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/printers/2200-bw.shtml


s> Steve Zavodny Denver

My results match Steve's as for Peter's suggestion. The LL
"PhotoRealistic" method gives me a definite magenta tone however.
Slight, but there for sure. The best B&W I've gotten has been from
Lepp's EEM profile which while a tiny bit green is much less
noticeable than the magenta from the LL PR method. Looks like I'll be
keeping my 1160 with the MIS FS-N ink for a while.

 regards,
 Richard  

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