Digital BW, The Print

I'm using the 1280 on a Windows machine, and I don't know if that 
makes any difference. I just followed Paul Roark's directions which 
call for working space of Adobe RGB (1998). Of course, you have to 
convert the greyscale file to RGB before applying the curve. I've 
been using primarily the neutral curve, although I've tried some of 
the others. 

You may need Paul's help to straighten this out, as he is aware of 
most of the pitfalls.

Evan



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Douglas Meeuwsen 
<lipshurt@m...> wrote:
> What media setting are you using with smooth pearl to get good 
> results?? I have pretty much tried allo them.......are you using 
roarks 
> curves? Speaking of Dmax, these curves look pretty bad in the 
shadows, 
> even on matte paper. I just printed some greyscale test strips, and 
it 
> looks like the darkest block is black, then there is a drastic 
change 
> for the next block. If I use the no-curves-just sliders method with 
> matte paper, the greayscale strip is definitely  better. That may 
offer 
> a clue to what is going on with my system. I am using a brand new 
1280, 
> mac osx panther, the newest driver from EPSON, working space = 
> adobe1998, print space =same as source. I am using the curves from 
the 
> website via the "image/adjustment/curves/load method.......is that 
> correct?....thanks again and again, DM