Digital BW, The Print

> From: Steve Kale [mailto:stevekale@...]
>
> 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 \ufffd to my eye \ufffd 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 \ufffd and neither are brown.  However, even after spraying
> with Lyson
> Print Guard, the matt ink print will smudge so stick with the PK.

You print with matte black on semigloss? That doesn't work--you wind up with
a matte finish in the dark areas and a shiny finish in the light areas. Or
does the spray make that effect go away?

Also, I would definitely call Photo Black on Semigloss (or Premium Luster)
pretty brown, and my spectro agrees with me. Not unpleasant, but not
appropriate for all images.

> 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.

Is that within the GM license agreement? I thought they prohibited giving
profiles made for one printer to someone else for use on another printer.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...