Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for your reply Johnny. However this i950 doesn't have a
straight "black" only position for printing. All black on white text,
images, are printed using the color inks as well, that's why is
impossible to obtain a b/w print straight out of the printer's
driver.
I guess the original design idea was to build a color photo printer,
with less regard for b/w printing!

I did some tests last night, per Canon's tech support, in order to
eliminate the bluish tint that comes in grayscale mode printing. Even
with extreme settings in the color adjustments + grayscale mode,
nothing happens! Basically, the color manual settings have NO
influence in the grayscale printing! I don't know if this is a design
fault, but it doesn't work. Which means that there's a preinstalled
profile for text, b/w, grayscale printing, that can't be altered by
user.

So, after a bit more reading, I went to Lyson and installed some ICM
for this model. I printed some tests but I can't give a final comment
yet, since it was too late to view the prints in daylight. Sure, the
ICM is meant for some of their ink+paper combination, but I'd like to
see at this point if there is possible to produce a closer b/w print
just by using another profile. Sure, it should be possible to create
a profile in PS for ex., just that I wanted a quick image of what is
possible.

I'm not sure if I asked already this in this forum, meanwhile I've
found a Canon printing group, but would it be possible to replace all
5 color inks with black carts and use only BO printing this way?? 

Ara  
PS - ha, I see I asked this in my original message already! :)


--- Johnny Eades <jeades1@...> wrote:
> Hello Ara,
> 
> I don't have a Canon i950 but I think all printers have similar 
> characteristics; one of them being the choice of using only black 
> ink for making a print. I do have a Canon S750 that my son is using
> 
> and it can be put into Black Only mode from within the printer 
> driver. On one screen is the choice of Black/Color. On my old 
> printer, I needed to tell it that it was printing "text". Maybe
> some 
> of this will lead down an avenue of discovery withing the Printer 
> Driver settings.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> 
> Johnny Eades
> 


	
		
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