Digital BW, The Print

Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 11:01:53 AM, you wrote:

SJ> Hello All,

SJ> I am fairly experienced with using numerous grayscale inks on a 
SJ> 1280.  Having previously used color inks to print b/w, I know how 
SJ> challenging (and frustrating) it can be.  So I was impressed when a
SJ> friend of mine recently showed me a 13 x 19 b/w print he made on his
SJ> 2200.  It was absolutely neutral and showed no evidence of metamerism.

SJ> I went to his home last night and saw first-hand how he stumbled upon
SJ> this.  Here goes:

SJ> Paper:  DotWorks FineArt HeavyWeight paper
SJ> Printer Settings: Enhanced Matte media setting, 1440 dpi, ICM, NCA
SJ> Profile:  Downloaded from the dotworks.com website.

SJ> That is it!  The image space can be either grayscale or color RGB.

SJ> This was the best print I  have seen from a 2200 that did not use 
SJ> some fancy RIP.  I am not in anyway connected to DotWorks.  But I am
SJ> sufficiently impressed and thought you 2200 owners may want to know.

SJ> I am going to play with his system some more and see if I can get 
SJ> such fine prints using the profile on other papers.

SJ> Regards.

SJ> Shilesh

Well, I do not see how one can use ICM and NCA at the same time so I
used NCA with the dotworks FHM profile (assuming that to be
Heavyweight Matte) and with Epson EEM on my 2200 my "neutral" B&W
print came out greenish under incandescent light, and even greener in
daylight....

Shilesh, can you expound a bit more on the workflow and did you truly
examine his print under vastly different lighting?  This sounds so
promising based on your enthusiastic comments but obviously so far I
am disappointed.

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Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:richard@...