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Re: Epson R800

2005-06-25 by Stephen Kobrin

Another possibility is to download QTR  which has profiles for EEM


 Steve
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "andrew" 
<andrew@a...> wrote:
> My experience:
> 
> * using the supplied ICC profiles yields B&W with a rich, chocolate 
tone. While not neutral, 
> it is quite pleasing
> 
> * using a custom-made ICC profile yields dead-neutral B&W with no 
perceptible colour 
> shifts
> 
> While with colour the R800 struggles with subtle skin tones and 
browns, its B&W 
> performance is just fine for my purposes.
> 
> Suggestions:
> 1. download the R1800 (yes, 1800) profiles from the US web site and 
try those. They are 
> apparently newer than the R800 ones and, since the printers are 
near identical, work fine.
> 
> 2. pay for custom profiles.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "percusguy" 
<percusguy@y...> 
> wrote:
> > I have owned this printer for about 6 months.  While I am happy 
with 
> > the color it produces I have yet to make an acceptable B&W 
print.  I 
> > can't find a BO setting on it, nor have I found any literarture 
on RIPS 
> > to work with it.  Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

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