Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

Re: Epson R800

2005-06-27 by percusguy

Thank you Steve.  Forgive my lack of knowledge but what are QTR  and 
EEM?
pITT
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen 
Kobrin" <kobrins@w...> wrote:
> 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.

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.