Digital BW, The Print

Steve-

I'm using the 2400 exactly as Steve describes:  CM off with a direct 
print to the ABW driver and CM on with the QTR Create Profiles, which 
are excellent on the ABW prints.  The ABW driver is expecting a 2.2 
file and acts accordingly.  So using PSCM with anything other than a 
2.2 print space would introduce distortions that Epson did not 
intend.  Epson has published a few workflow "white papers" for the 
printer and all show PS color management off.

Best,
Walt




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" 
<bob@f...> wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> Whatever that article says, I don't believe there is any need to 
turn off 
> color management before sending an image to the R2400 using AB&W 
mode. If 
> you select 'Let Printer determine........' in CS2, AFAIK it does 
just that - 
> the printer driver determines what it is going to do. If it needs 
to do a 
> profile conversion it will; if it doesn't, it won't. Sending the 
profile 
> can't do any harm if the driver doesn't want to do a conversion.
> 
> As I use Epson paper and inks with my R2400, I use that same 
setting in CS2 
> for both color and B&W prints, because the Epson profiles are very 
good, and 
> I can't see that any custom profiles I might make would be any 
better (for 
> those papers and inks).
> 
> The only reason I can see for using the 'Turn off Color management' 
setting 
> in CS2 would be if I was printing a profile target.
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@b...>
> 
> Apparently not.  My understanding is it doesn't use the ICC 
profile.  See
> here for example:
> 
> http://photoshopnews.com/2005/05/16/epson-r2400-and-ultrachrome-k3-
ink-repor
> t/