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Re: Can I get a nice neutral black and white print from the 2200?

2004-05-14 by Scott Graham

Agreed, I was trying to remain neutral   :~)

and not speaking of metamerism with which I have very little experience. 

I do not seem to get it from my 4000 though, based on step wedges and a few prints.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Nelson" <pnweb@s...> 
wrote:
 
> That won't fix the 2200's metamerism because metamerism produces 
> DIFFERENT casts under different light.   All a custom profile can do 
> is produce an outstandingly neutral BW print for one, specific light 
> source.  And you can do that yourself with a good profiler and PS.
> 
> The Epson yellow ink is the culprit - a custom profile has no 
> control over the ink mix because it still uses the default Epson 
> driver.

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