Digital BW, The Print

Wow...I saw no difference, but I only tested on one image...DM
On Jul 18, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Scott Jones 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
>
>
>
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