Digital BW, The Print

Color Settings = Adobe Working Space, Gray Gamma 2.2

Print Preview = Color Management, Same as Source (Adobe)

I know it,  makes no sense to me either.  I even went to the extreme 
of totally reformatting my system and reinstalling everything.  Same 
blotchy, posterized output from Photoshop 7 as before.  

So, I have been Printing from Picture Window 3.5, using the sliders 
in the Epson driver M -5 C +5 (Warm Neutral), Vivid, Gamma 1.8 (don't 
understand this one either you would think 2.2) on EEM.  I have spent 
literally hundreds of dollars on ink and paper to arrive at this.  I 
am getting the finest prints I have ever gotten from an inkjet this 
way.  

I keep my proofs at 16 bit.  I feel that some point I will be using 
at 16 bit print driver/RIP.  I wonder if this has anything to do with 
it. Picture Window automatically converts to 8 bit before sending to 
the driver. I know this happens in Photoshop some were down the line 
while printing.  I've converted to eight bit before printing in 
Photoshop as well, same output. The digitally captured files I am 
using are in reality 12 bit padded to 16.  I wonder if this has 
anything to do with it?  I wonder if the 16 to 8 bit conversion 
algorithm is different is some way in Picture Window.  I need to ask 
this one to Jonathan Sachs over at Digital Light and Color. I 
wouldn't think so though.  Well, at least I have an option that works 
very well.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jeffleeg8" 
<jeff120749@n...> wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> What are you settings? I'm us PS7 with the curves and 
> getting "darkroom" quality prints - great shadow detail and tonal 
> range.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jeff