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Re: Question about Printing B&W + Spot Color

2005-05-11 by SteveZ

Kevin, I kind of figured that was my only option. I was kind of 
hoping....wishing for a less expensive solution. Thanks for the tip 
on masking out the saturation. I sure wish the Epson driver/UC inks 
did a better job.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "digikdm" 
<monroekd@h...> wrote:
> The only way around your problem I know of is to buy a third party
> RIP 
> such as Imageprint which is not cheap but gives a beautiful B&W( 
with 
> minimal metamerism) and color print. This is what I use personally,
> and 
> I have been pleased with the results. One recommendation I would 
make 
> is that if you saturate your colors, use a mask to prevent the 
> increased saturation from affecting the B&W portion of your image. 
> Otherwise, increasing saturation will result in unwanted tints in 
the 
> B&W areas.
> cheers!
> Kevin Monroe
> www.kevinmonroephotography.com
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "SteveZ" 
> <blizzie12@y...> wrote:
> > What are my options for printing an image with spot colour using 
an 
> > Epson 2200? Obviously, I can't use the QTR,and the metamerism
> caused 
> > by using UC inks and the Epson driver is just horrendous. 
> > 
> > What do you suggest?

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