Digital BW, The Print

On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 12:52  PM, Peter Nelson wrote:

>
> Tell us more.  Are you using the workflow described in the URL
> you provided?   I assume you're using the 2200-UCink.   Are you
> running this with GIMP or Photoshop or what?
The QuadToneRIP uses the latest versions of Gimp-Print and Ghostscript 
which must be installed first.  I do all of my printing through 
Photoshop to the Gimp-Print/QuadToneRIP.  The curves are edited in 
Photoshop (CMYK psd files) and then saved as raw files with a .quad 
extension for installation into the driver.  Curve editing simply 
involves adjusting the curves for C, M, and K levels, leaving Y set to 
zero to eliminate metamerism, to get a neutral ramp in a 21 step 
greyscale print.  I modified Roy's workflow slightly for the 2200 and 
use the following driver settings when printing greyscale images to 
either EAM or Eclipse Satine using the Epson UC inks (matte black ink 
installed):

Printer Features:
   Basic Settings:
    Media Type: Matte Paper
    Resolution: 1440x1440 Highest quality
    Image Type: Photograph
    Dither Algorithm: Adaptive Hybrid
    Ink Type: Seven Color Photo
   Expert Settings2:
    Output Mode: Grayscale & Quadtone RIP
    Quadtone RIP Curves: 2200-neutral
    Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma all set to 1
   Expert Settings3:
    Density: 0.9
    Saturation, C, M, and Y all set to 1