Digital BW, The Print

Paul

If your on a pc you can remove the drivers in "Add/Remove Hardware",
located in the control panel. I did this last night and was able to
install the older driver. The difference between the two is pretty
dramatic in terms of color- 5.21 prints really blue (to reduce
metamerism in the yellow ink?), while the older driver produces a much
more neutral print (when not taking metamerism into acount). The
shadow tones are also show much less grain, and are lighter in the 1/4
area, than with the new driver.  I haven't printed a continuous tone
ramp yet, but i have a feeling it will be much more linear than with
5.21 driver.

Thank you for reminding me about the older driver btw, I've been
pulling my hair out trying to fight that blue cast with curves for a
month or so now, with very little success.

john


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> I'm going to stick MIS UT-FSN and maybe UT2 into the machine.  So,
> metamerism is not an issue.  I think restricting the black ink to
the very
> deep shadows is going to make a better print.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> ___________________________
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul D. DeRocco [mailto:pderocco@i...] 
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:44 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] 2000P
> 
> > From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@v...]
> >
> > I went to download the Epson driver for the 2000P and noticed
> > that Epson has
> > 2 versions for XP.  The newer one - version 5.21 - is apparently
> > the release
> > designed to reduce metamerism.  Without thinking, I downloaded it.
> >
> > Upon reflection, however, it probably runs the black ink further
> > up into the
> > shadows at the expense of the smoother "color" inks.  As such, it
may be a
> > bad choice for best quality.  Epson appears to agree from what I
can tell
> > reading http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/pho2kp/pho2kpmi.pdf .
> 
> That's exactly what it does. Personally, I think it's worth it. A slight
> increase in grain is less objectionable than an overall green cast
to B&W
> prints.
> 
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> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@i...
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