Digital BW, The Print

On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 02:34  PM, nick90290 wrote:

> After two weeks of endless printing and experimentation, I have to
> say that the OPM/IJC software, especially on the 2200, has proven to
> be something of a Godsend.

I agree.  I'm finally able to get great neutral B&W prints without 
metamerism.

>
>
> The difference in printing sepia prints on the 2200 through the Epson
> Print Driver, and through OPM, is huge. With the Epson Print Driver,
> I still get those subtle but horrible red/green transitions in
> mid-tones - no true sepia at all. With the OPM in action, I get
> perfect sepia prints, where I can control the exact color of the
> sepia. The results are fantastic. Just like the best darkroom print
> at
> last, but with more control.

Which inks are you using for your sepia profiles and if you are using 
the yellow ink is there any problem with metamerism?

>
> On the 1280, the results are also beautiful, occasionally even subtly
> better due to the smaller dots in the highlights. But the downsides
> are you're confined to the sepia color that is the MIS Sepia - really
> nice, but for me, I personally want something a little warmer/more
> chocolatey.
> Also, of course, the 2200 is 3-4 times faster.
>
> Also, Joe at Bowhaus has now fixed the black banding problem, so
> everything seems set to churn out endless great prints..............

I never had this problem, but I'm curious to know what the fix was.

Carl