Digital BW, The Print

Interesting.......have you tried sending a color file thru the ABW? Do 
you think that it does a different conversion than greyscale? I have 
not done comparisons yet, but I like the way the ABW converts color to 
BW. I had lots of trouble getting conversions in photoshop that I 
liked. I may be may out in the ozone there, so I may do some 
comparisons right now......
If my mac screen matches well with my prints, both in color and BW, is 
there any reason to use softproofing? Last year when I was having big 
problems with my 1200, and (to a much lesser degree) my 1280, I tried 
to set up softproofing, but it did not really get me anywhere, I 
assumed because my system was not calibrated correctly. This system 
(powerbook 15 inch, PSCS, epson 2400, epson and kirkland papers) seems 
to be all dialed in right out of the box........DM


On Jul 21, 2005, at 2:02 PM, wwodets wrote:

> Douglas--
>  I have found the the "darker" setting matches the screen very
>  accurately with a Soft Proof view set to "Preseve Numbers" and a dot
>  gain of 25-30%.  So this would be one reason to use it.
>
>  On sending an RGB file through with a profile, my experience with the
>  2400 is that color management from PS does not work with the ABW
>  driver.  Photoshop is, of course, adjusting the numbers it sends, but
>  not in a way useful to the ABW mode.  Or so I think.  Epson tells me
>  that supplied profiles *are* for use with ABW, but they don't say how
>  (don't appear to really understand any of it) and I haven't figured
>  out a useful flow using them.
>
>  I continue to be interested in others' experience with this printer.


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