Digital BW, The Print

Hi....I am far from a software expert. My best software trick is to 
restart the computer. I ordered ImagePrint from Lexjet and got a 
$100.00 discount by ordering a set of 2200 inks at the same time. I 
dealt with a woman named Amy who was extremely helpful and 
knowledgable about ImagePrint and inkjet printing in general. Lexjet 
has great customer service and tech help. I was told to take the 
installation very slowly and not change the order of the steps at 
all. This is not my usual method (I'm a put the disc in and keep 
hitting OK until I can play kind of installer). But Amy was adamant 
on the issue, so I did. (It IS a slightly paranoid group at 
Colorbyte.)

It installed fine and, after a one day shakedown I have gotten 
wonderful prints. The B&W prints are lovely and neutral. The tint-
picker is a joy to use. Now in my workflow I convert to B&W using 
Inkjet Goodies free action for Photoshop. It does a great job and, 
did I mention, it's free at www.inkjetgoodies.com . This set of 
actions converts the file to greyscale and I print using the grey 
profile foe EEM. I don't believe that the file is ever converted 
back to RGB. With this method I get wonderful neutral prints, 
especially portraits.

I don't know the proper terminology, but I printed a B&W portrait to 
the best of my ability using the Epson driver and got a beautiful 
99% neutral print. Took the same file and ran it through ImagePrint 
and got it 100% neutral (to my 57 yr. old eyes); but the real change 
was that the ImagePrint print was subtly *clearer*. I know that's an 
indefinable quality but there was a clarity to the middle tones that 
made the whole purchase worthwhile.

And the color prints have been bang-on from the git-go. So there's 
one more ImagePrint story.

Jim Weekes