Digital BW, The Print

Grady,

So you are taking a color image that looks good on screen, making 
some Levels adjustments and directly print a B&W print through the 
Epson driver. Definately interesting and not something I have heard 
of anyone trying before. I wish I could see your results. I assume 
you are using the MIS Original ink set?

Martin

P.S. Can you please not type everything in capital letters. It is 
very hard to read. Thanks.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., gradycarter@y... wrote:
> I HAVE RECENTLY EXPLORED B&W DIGITAL PRINTING USING 
> MIS QUADTONE 6 (SIX) INK CARTRIDGES...I SOON 
> DISCOVERED THAT IT HAS TO FOLLOW A WORKFLOW 
> DESIGNATED ON THE MIS WEB PAGE...I BOUGHT THE REFILL 
> KIT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE INKS WERE NOT 
> DESIGNATED TO THEIR PROPER SHADE COUNTERPART...IN 
> OTHER WORDS, THE INKS CAME AS FOLLOWS: 100% BLACK, 
> 75%, 50%, 45%, 25% AND 15% BLACK...ONE WOULD THINK 
> THAT THE LIGHTEST SHADE OF BLACK WOULD BE 
> ASSIGNED TO THE LIGHTEST SHADE OF COLOR INK...THIS IS 
> NOT SO...YELLOW, THE LIGHTEST COLOR, IS ASSIGNED TO  
> 50% BLACK...GO FIGURE...NO WONDER THERE IS ALL OF 
> THIS TALK ABOUT WORKFLOW AND SOFTWARE TO RUN 
> THESE INKS, WHEN IN REALITY ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS 
> REARRANGE INK DESIGNATION...SO THIS IS WHAT I 
> DID...100% BLACK  BELONGS TO THE BLACK CARTRIDGE 
> WHICH IS CORRECT...75% BLACK BELONGS TO BOTH CYAN 
> AND MAGENTA BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME COLOR 
> GRAY...50% BLACK WENT TO PHOTO CYAN...45% BLACK 
> WENT TO PHOTO MAGENTA...25% BLACK WENT TO 
> YELLOW...FILLING THESE INKS TO THE ABOVE 
> DESIGNATIONS ALLOWED ME TO PRINT A COLOR 
> PHOTOGRAPH DIRECTLY WITH 1 (ONE) EXCEPTION...I HAD 
> TO MAKE THE IMAGE ON THE MONITOR TO BE LIGHTER ON 
> "IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS" MIDDLE SLIDER TO THE NUMBER 
> "180"...UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AFTER ANY 
> ADJUSTMENTS YOU HAD TO DO TO YOUR IMAGE TO GET IT 
> THE WAY YOU LIKE IT ON THE SCREEN...FROM THAT POINT 
> START OUT FRESH TO "IMAGE-ADJUST-LEVELS" AND 
> PROCEED AS I HAVE DESCRIBED ABOVE..GIVE ME SOME 
> FEEDBACK AS TO YOUR RESULTS...OH, BY THE WAY, I HAVE 
> ALSO FIGURED OUT ANOTHER WAY TO PRINT FROM 
> GRAYSCALE...I WILL GIVE THAT VERY EASY "WORKFLOW" 
> TOMORROW...PLEASE, GIVE ME FEEDBACK...MY PRINTS 
> LOOK GREAT AND I DO HAVE A DARKROOM...