Digital BW, The Print

> 4. For BW, what should I enter in the photoshop7 'Color Settings' 
> dialogue box? At this point on my 'learning curve' I am using Epson 
> Archival Matte paper and Ultrachrome inks. Should I set a custom dot 
> gain (if so, where can I obtain values for this paper/ink 
> combination) or dot gain percentage (if so, what value)?

I would suggest using Gamma 2.2 and also taking the few minutes necessary to start 
using Roy Harrington's Quadtone RIP (he has just posted a new version) and 
Carl's curves for the 2200 (included in the download from Roy's site).  I am not too far 
in front of you in the learning curve but can honestly say that spending the 30 
minutes necessary to get going with Quadtone is well worth it.  I just reprinted an 
image with Quadtone and compared it to the first time I printed it with the Epson 
driver....the original print is now firmly squished in the trash!

Hope this helps

Steve



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "marcsien77" 
<marcsien77@y...> wrote:
> After many years of darkroom BW work I am currently in the process of 
> switching to digital and having quite a struggle with it. I've 
> purchased a Nikon8000 scanner (I work primarily with medium format BW 
> negs) and Epson 2200. I hope someone will help me out by answering a 
> few 'novice' questions:
> 1. What are the optimum settinngs on the Nikon8000 for BW negs; i.e. 
> positive vs negative, grayscale vs RGB, color management ON/OFF, 
> gamma?
> 2. Should I do any tonal correction using the Nikon software or leave 
> it all to photoshop?
> 3. When opening scanned BW images in photoshop7 what profile should I 
> assign them?
> 4. For BW, what should I enter in the photoshop7 'Color Settings' 
> dialogue box? At this point on my 'learning curve' I am using Epson 
> Archival Matte paper and Ultrachrome inks. Should I set a custom dot 
> gain (if so, where can I obtain values for this paper/ink 
> combination) or dot gain percentage (if so, what value)?
> 
> I would greatly appreciate some help/advice.
> MARC.