Digital BW, The Print

Richard,

My friend's system is a PC with Win XP, just so you know.  When 
setting up the printer, upon choosing ICM, a new set of controls 
opens up.  It is here, that NCA was checked.

Then, using "print with preview", keep your image source space 
to "grayscale" or "adobe RGB 1998", and print with the DotWorks 
profile.

A word of caution:  The profile is probably very specific to the 
paper, so unless EEM and the DotWorks paper are identical, you are 
highly unlikely to get the same results.

I will play with the printer some more and post any other 
clarifications, as necessary.

Regards.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Sintchak 
<richcontaxg@s...> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Richard                            mailto:richard@c...