Digital BW, The Print

Keith;

Thank you for the help. Does it matter if I print a file as a tif or jpg? Also, 
should I use the Legion-supplied ICC profiles for the printer?

Best,

Joel


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V. Image 
Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> Joel Beeson wrote:
> 
> >Ok, I got the printer working after doing what Epson Tech Support told me 
to 
> >do...that is go through 10 nozzle cleaning cycles with the Epson color 
carts.
> >
> >I have reinstalled the MIS VM carts and am using Somerset Photo 
Enhanced 
> >Velvet. I tried printing a file out of PhotoShop (toned it, converted to 
grayscale, 
> >applied Roark curve for neutral and converted back to RGB). The image 
looks 
> >awful. After I applied the Roark curve, it lost a lot of shadow and highlight 
> >detail and became very contrasty.
> >
> >What am I doing wrong?  The image looks better w/o the Roark curves, but 
> >exhibits some posterization/metamerism-look on the Somerset.
> >  
> >
> 1) The Roark Curve needs to be applied AFTER you convert back to RGB..
> 
> 2)  your color management in the printer driver needs to be disabled
> 
> 3)   If you're working with Photoshop 7, you also need to "Print with 
> preview" and set the "print Space" Profile to "same as source."
> 
>  
> Keith Krebs
> 
> "Just some guy," and caretaker of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer 
> User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
> Publications), at:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/
>  
> "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
> guys"