Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for you reply.I am using a Mac G4. I don't know enough about using 
alternative inks but would like to know more. The same goes for alternative 
fine art papers and how I obtain colour profiles for them.




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <
stevekale@b...> wrote:
> Forget the grey balancer - just throw it away.  There are many ways to
> convert RGB to B&W - take a search through the archives - desaturate is
> about the worst possible way.  I assume you want to keep the Epson UC 
inks
> for now.  What platform do you use Mac or PC?  Definitely suggest trying
> QTR.  See:
> 
> http://harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.html
> 
> Very effective, flexible and inexpensive.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> > From: binbarn64 <binbarn64@y...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:17:00 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Neutral B/W Prints Epson 2100
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I would like to achieve printing neutral B/W prints using the Epson 2100 
and
> > Archival Matt Paper. Firstly, should I print from a grayscale file or an RGB
> > file 
> > that is either desaturated or made B/W by using the channel mixer in
> > Photoshop? Secondly, does the 2100 have to be linearized using the 
Gray
> > Balancer in order to correct the colour cast that I seem to get? The results I
> > have had using just black ink are not good either.
> > 
> > Any advice or instructions would be greatly appreciated
> >