Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"Charles Bandes <byronbulb@y...>" <byronbulb@y...> wrote:
> Hmmmmmmm.
> 
> Something simple seems to be going wrong. I've tried a 
half-dozen different curves now and at least twice that many 
combinations of settings, and my prints all look nearly identical 
to one another. I think somehow the curve files aren't getting to 
the printer driver correctly. 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"murph278 <maybeck@a...>" <maybeck@a...> wrote:
> > I tried it and had the same problems - I have the exact same 
setup as you (OSX, 1280, VM inks, etc).  I couldn't get the variable 
tones to work and there was a lot of dithering including the 
blacks, so the black was not dense enough.  
> > 
> > -Murph

It definitely sounds like neither one of you is getting the
curves to be activated in the driver.  I've looked though several
possibilities and I have a hunch.  In my Usage instructions 
under "Expert Settings 2",  right above the Curve picking
selection is the "Color Model" selection.  It looks like some
printers are using the heading "Output Mode" for the same
thing.  In either case, there should be a selection for
"Grayscale & QuadtoneRIP" --- its absolutely necessary to
pick this one.   The default is "Color" and this option converts
the image to RGB on output from Photoshop, so the
quadtone software just passes it through which would give
the results that you seem to be getting.

Let me know if this works.
Roy