Digital BW, The Print

My Bitmap tab settings are the same as yours except CMYK is None, and Gray is Gray Gamma 2.2.  These settings do not change from image to image.  The place you pick your printing profile is in the System tab.  In the System tab my settings are System Adobe RGB (1998), Printer is where I select the printing profile, be it gray or color,  Proofer is none, and Proofer is Perceptual.  The only things on the entire Color Management screen that I change are the Printer profile and the Adjust Black Point.
 
Try those settings with a b&w image saved in grayscale.  
 
As I understand it, the Bitmap and Vector are input file descriptions, while the System tab are the output (printer) profile settings.  For most of us, the only settings on the Bitmap tab that are useful are the RGB and the Gray profiles.  This is because most of us to not deal with CMYK or LAB files.  And we don't typically have any vector files, so the vector settings are irrelevant.  So, the fact that you are changing you Gray profile setting on the Bitmap tab with each image may be the source of your problem.
 
Since I control my profiles from end-to-end in my process I only need to change my printer profile on the System tab to reflect the paper and viewing conditions of the final print.
 
Give that a try.  Good luck.  
 
Tom Baker

deandadin@... wrote:
Hello Tom, Thanks for the interest. I use a pc with windows 2000 pro and 
Imageprint 5.5 and I save in a tif. I am scanning with an Imacon scanner so the 
files go into Photoshop as an RGB  file from the Imacon. As I understand my 
system I have to store everything in RGB. My bit map tabs are RGB adobe RGB 1998, 
CMYK generic(Japan) STD proofing, Lab device independent lab, Embedded prompt, 
Grey is as I choose the profile as I print. I tried to call up the Install 
directory IP-config contents but a notice comes up that says that the file is 
inaccessable for several reasons. Im not sure if I have a problem or not. When I 
print B&W using the enhanced matte paper the prints are very neuteral. But I 
always wonderd why I had to use RGB for going into Imageprint for B&W. Thanks 
for the interest, let me know. Steve 


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