Digital BW, The Print

I'm having the exact same problems, and I believe that it's due to the
fact that there's only two shades of black/grey making up the image. 
You might try tinkering with the brightness setting in the Epson
driver so see if your midtones can be darkened.    

I'm using this as a test bed to see if I want to begin using the UT7
inks in my 2200 (and buying an 1800 for color).  I assume the UT7
setup is more sophisticated than the EZN inks.

Robert Ades

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Philip Glaser"
<glaserp@s...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am editing my black and white images (scanned from Tri-x negatives) in
> Photoshop v. 7 and printing them on an Epson C86 printer using the
EZ Tone
> Eboni black ink with Epson Enhanced Matte paper. The tonality of the
printed
> image does not match what I'm seeing on my monitor, which is an NEC
> MultiSync LCD 1850E, and am hoping folks here might be able to help
me with
> that.
> 
> I've taken a number of steps to calibrate my printing process, but the
> printed image is lighter, overall, than the image on screen: the
shadows are
> not as dark as they should be and the lighter tones are lighter than
they
> should be. I suspect that I'll have to cross the threshold into the Dark
> Arts of adjustment-curve editing (for which I would avail myself of Paul
> Roark's excellent instructions at
> http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/Monotone_Curves.htm). Before I take
that step,
> however, I want to see if I've missed anything else in the process.
Here is
> the summary of what I have done so far:
> 
> 1) Using the Photoshop gamma utility, I've created a monitor profile and
> confirmed (right-click desktop->Settings->Advanced->Color
Management) that
> the profile is being used by my PC.
> 
> 2) Photoshop working settings are as follows:
>   - Image->Mode->Grayscale
>   - Image->Mode->Assign Profile->Don't Color Manage
>    -Edit->Color Settings->Working Spaces->RGB Mode->Adobe RGB (1998)
>    -Edit->Color Settings->Working Spaces->Gray->Gray Gamma 2.2
> 
> 3) In Photoshop, I created an Adjustment layer into which I loaded
Paul's
> C86-EZ-EEM-Con-15.acv, verified that it is the topmost layer and
that it is
> visible when I print.
> 
> 4) In C86 printer driver:
>    - Color Management is Gamma 2.2
>    - Brightness and Contrast sliders are both at 0
>    - Paper is Matte Heavy
>    - Print Options are Black Ink Only and Edge Smoothing
> 
> First of all, I want to clarify that I'm using the adjustment curve
> correctly. I've loaded C86-EZ-EEM-Con-15.acv into an adjustment
layer. When
> editing, I make the adjustment layer non-visible; when I print, I
make it
> visible. I gather that the printed result should look the same as
the result
> on screen when the adjustment layer is _not_ visible. Do I have this
part of
> things correctly?
> 
> If I do need to modify the curve, I have these questions:
> a) Should I start with the C86-EZ-EEM-Con-15.acv or is there some other
> curve I should be using?
> b) Which of the various step tablets (K156, K168, K180, K220, K240)
I should
> be using for the C86/Eboni Black/Epson Enhanced Matte combination?
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> --Phil