Digital BW, The Print

Hi Sandy, I have an R800 too and was getting pretty poor results 
with B&W using the supplied profiles.  Some of my prints almost 
looked like split-toned prints.  For example, a photo of a 
skyscraper, where the windows are one value of gray and the 
exterior building shell another, would show the building as cyan 
and the windows as yellowish.  This was using the Premium 
Glossy profile.  I'll try again, using EEM, the EEM profile, 
Perceptual intent and Black Compensation On.  As of this 
moment, the best result I've gotten is with Premium Glossy, 
Printer Color Management, and using Black rather than Color 
Printing.  This produces a cool to neutral print, with some 
metamerism.   It should be mentioned that Black Only printing is 
not possible with the current version of the R800 driver; it 
definitely uses the colored inks.



Ed Rudolph


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
"sanfo2003" <SandyCornelius@c...> wrote:
> >you're talking about using it in full color mode, right?
> 
> Yup, using the full color mode and getting neutral prints. The 
beauty 
> of using the full color mode is that you can tint however you 
like. 
> The fact that neutral prints are possible in the full color mode is 
> an indication of the accuracy of the profiles provided by Epson. 
> 
> If your photo software will not allow color management it will be 
> difficult to get a neutral print. Fortunately Photoshop is fully 
> color management capable.