Digital BW, The Print

Cleavis,

You have a point about a very neutral print. All the quad inks are 
going to have some tone to them. The MIS VM gives you a lot of 
adjustment and gets very close. If you really want dead neutral the 
best way is to just print with the black ink and make a mono-ink 
print. This works really well for grainy negs but not so well with 
larger, fine grain negs.

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., lyonscox@m... wrote:
> Martin, 
> 
> If I may clarify.
> Print #1. Photoshop in Greyscale/Printer space greyscale/Printer 
> Software color = green cast.
> Print #2 Photoshop in RGB/Printer space Cone's Epson driver/Printer 
> Software color = fairly, if not perfectly neutral in my book.
> 
> Just did 
> Print #3 Photoshop in Greyscale/Printer space greyscale (it's 
> default, no other option)Printer software had color on = print has 
> green cast
> Print #4 Photoshop in Greyscale/Printer space greyscale/Printer 
> software set to black = neutral to cool print.
> 
> I liked RGB/specified driver/color on as best neutral.  Martin, in 
> our case here it meant to GET a neutral I HAD to use color inks.
> 
> FWIW
> Cleavis
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
> <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> > Cleavis,
> > 
> > Since the Lysonic E inks were made to be a direct replacement for 
> the Epson inks, your results are similat to others printing B&W 
with 
> the Epson inks. As noticed with your print #1 it can be difficult 
to 
> get a truly neutral B&W print with color inks. The use of a good 
> color profile like you did with #2 goes a long way to improving 
> results. As odd as it may sound, I think you need better color 
> management to 
> print neutral B&W with color inks than you do for printing color. 
> That neutral point is very revealing of slight color imbalances.
> > 
> > 
> > Martin
> >