Digital BW, The Print

Charlie,
Thanks for the report!  IP does address an important issue for some;
avoiding black cart changeovers, so understanding the difference in print
output is very helpful.

When you say dead neutral, what exactly do you mean?  Are you measuring them
with an instrument, or comparing them to some standard?

Best regards,
John Moody

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Charlie
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:49 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Tinted sepia using image print 6.1



Hi Steve,

The epson advbw was a tad on the warm side. In order to get it to
print with the same appearance as what I was seeing on the profiled
monitor I had to adjust the advbw controls to add contrast. There
would then be a slight gray shading outside the image area on the
page. For printing dead neutral prints one after the next IP makes
it look easy. I experimented with the 4800's advbw and I had a 2200
before with the mis inkset. I made good prints with the mis and
quite a bit of work. The 4800 advbw was better. IP is way ahead of
both, at least with the 4800. Dmax on luster paper is much higher
than anything else I have used. On matte it is much better.
I managed to get on as a beta tester for the "phatte black" system
from colorbyte which allows the installation of the matte black cart
in the light light black slot. By selecting the appropriate
colorbyte generated profile it uses the matte ink or photo black ink
without need for cart changes. That is something else I was never
able to do in the past. Going from matte to photo paper with the
click of the mouse is very very nice. IP's rip does not need the L L
black cart for color or b&w. I think the only reason epson added the
third black tone ink was an attempt to compete with mis and other
third party b&w inkset producers. The rips, at least IP still has
epsons b&w efforts beat by a considerable margin I think.



charlie




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