Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the reply.

It sounds as if Epson is suggesting color management in PS (using the 
supplied output space profiles or others) but using ABW (rather than 
ICM/No Management) in the driver.  I'm not clear on the logic of 
this, but I'll try it.  Printing only BW, I have used the profiles 
with an ICM flow, but in fact I'm getting a better screen match using 
my own Soft Proof profile, no PS management and ABW (using the ABW 
controls to acccount for different papers).  The prints, however, are 
very good either way.  So I'll try what I think you are suggesting.

Walt

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Jones" 
<contactscott@c...> wrote:
> There have been quite a few posts on the new R2400 printer 
revolving 
> around whether to use color management or not when using the 
> Advanced B&W feature of the driver. I just got mine yesterday and 
> read the manual which really did not address this issue so I 
thought 
> I would call Epson and share their tech support answer with you all.
> 
> They told me that 90% of users are finding that using NO color 
> management before sending the file (RGB or Grayscale) to ABW is the 
> best way to go, but that there is a minority that ARE using color 
> management before sending the file and like that better. Their 
> advice is that one should experiment with the two methods to see 
> which you like better and that there is NO ONE RIGHT ANSWER. He 
said 
> results are "in the eyes of the beholder". They advise the no color 
> management method as a starting point and see if you like the 
> results.
> 
> I also asked them if there will be any difference between "no color 
> management to AWB" and simply "using color management and skipping 
> the AWB". Again he said people are having different experiences and 
> they do not state that there is a right way but recommend using the 
> ABW method as a starting point.
> 
> Interesting! So hopefully we can get lots of discussion going on 
> what people are seeing with all the above methods for B&W printing 
> using the R2400.
> 
> Cheers