Digital BW, The Print

Ed,

Sounds like you have the correct settings for BO in point 3, but 
strange that the printer is using the color inks.  In the print 
settings where you selected black for ink type did you also click an 
"Advanced" button to select print resolution setting and what did you 
choose?  Also, after moving to the color management tab what were the 
options?  On the 2200 the only choice is "Vivid" if black ink has been 
selected.

Carl


On Tuesday, February 17, 2004, at 10:47  AM, edrudolpho wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
> <scho@m...>
> wrote:
>> Ed,
>>
>> Could you tell us what paper and driver settings you used?  Also, how
>> did you determine that the R800 was printing in color?  Both the photo
>> K and matte K inks are quite warm in tone, so a warm brown print tone
>> does not necessarily mean that color inks were used.
>>
>> Carl
>
> Hi Carl.... as I said in an earlier post, I'm pretty new to digital 
> printing, color
> management, etc.  And so I can't really participate int he discussion 
> at the level you
> have been having it on this forum.  But.... here are your answers:
>
> 1. Papers used were Epson Premium Glossy and a couple of prints on 
> Epson Enhanced
> Matte.
>
> 2. I tried various settings.  At first I simply tried printing in 
> color using the profiles
> supplied with the printer.  I selected the correct paper profile in 
> proof setup.  In the
> printer driver the source profile was the same as that selected in the 
> proof setup and
> no color management was selected.  When I saw that these prints did 
> not appear
> neutral I repeated everything as before except selected Black instead 
> of Color.  When
> this is done, as Steve Kale mentioned, "No Color Management" is not an 
> option.
>
> 3.  Finally, after reading steve's post last night, I printed a 21 
> step file that I
> downloaded.  This was done using the BO workflow specified by Seve, 
> i.e, Assign
> Profile Gray Gamma 2.1, in the Print Preview select "Same as Source," 
> and then in
> Printer driver select Black.
>
> hope this helps and that soon we can be printing black only with this 
> printer :-)
> ed