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Re: [Digital BW] Neutral B&W from RGB?

2005-11-21 by john dean

I have done many things using Ultrachrome with both color and
monochrome content within the same print and have no problem 
producing neutral black and white within that context. Any of the
Epson machines that have at least two blacks in them should work fine
for this type of work. I've done it a lot with posters and such where
I need black and white out of rgb colorspace. 

As stated before, you need a really good profile to do this. Your
chances of arriving at this neutrality through a generic profile are
very slim. You will need to pay someone to make one for you for the
specific paper you are using. Atkinsons canned profiles are good, but
usually not that accurate for this type of job.

John



> > Can anyone suggest a workaround that will avoid these cross curves yet
> > retain the colour spots? (Colorspace: Adobe 1998, Epson 4000, Epson
> > enhanced matte and Epson EM profile, Epson driver.)
> >
>

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