Digital BW, The Print

Julie

I have an Epson 2100/2200 and have stuck with the Epson UC inks thus far.  I
use Roy Harrington¹s Quadtone RIP and Carl Schofield¹s 2200 curves.  QTR
requires a Mac (or Linux).  I don¹t believe you mentioned what OS you are
using. If you are using a Mac you should definitely give QTR a go (shareware
$50).  Here are some links:

http://harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.html

http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/2/wo/CT12ss5AMqT2P2ZI.1/0
.2.1.2.22.31.97.4.35.0.1.1.1?user=scho&fpath=QuadToneRIP%202.0&templatefn=Fi
leSharing2.html

(copy and paste the entire link into your browser)

You will be staggered at the QTR difference vs using Epson colour profiles.
In relation to Black Only printing, I can also recommend using the Matt
Black ink on a variety of matt papers (EEM, HPR, EVFA...).  I have also used
the Photo Black (in BO mode) on Epson Premium Semi-Gloss and found that it
has pretty much exactly the same hue ­ to my eye ­ as the Matt Black on the
same paper....I am now looking at two prints of the same image, one with MK
and the other with PK (each on EPSG) and it is extremely difficult to tell
them apart ­ and neither are brown.  However, even after spraying with Lyson
Print Guard, the matt ink print will smudge so stick with the PK.

If you are interested in better colour profiles, I have made profiles for my
printer using Gretag MacBeth Eye One Photo and would be happy to share these
profiles with you (I have HPR, EEM and EPSG so far).  Each profile is
calculated after drying and then spraying the print with three coats of
Lyson Print Guard.

Cheers

Steve



From: "jsstapen" <jsstapen@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 20:35:21 -0000
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m
Subject: [Digital BW] Epson 2200- need to print black and white..

I am having problems printing black and white with my epson 2200. When
I set the printer to color ink, the print comes out bluish and set to
only black ink, the print comes out brownish. I was told to always set
the paper to bright white watercolor, this helps a little, but then
the print is slightly bluish-greenish???? It's imperative that I print
black an white without these others tones. Please help! Any advice is
greatly appreciated.
Thank You







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