Digital BW, The Print

just a question...
why do you want to use ilford paper? it is not archival, and it is  
not cheaper that epson papers here is san diego.
Epson makes great papers, and with those papers, you will hardly need  
to do any pest printing. That saves a LOT of ink and paper.
The premium line of papers is bullet-proof with ABW. Also, the  
kirkland professional glossy from costco is a great paper and you  
dont need a special profile for ABW. it is only about $.15 per sheet.  
Plus epson makes some great matte papers like velvet fine art, and  
ultra-smooth that work great in ABW without messing around. All of  
those papers are far more permanent than ilford, and they all give  
great results with ABW. If you are just getting started, or just want  
to make great prints as opposed to doing lots of experimentation etc,  
simply stick to epson papers. There really is no advantage to other  
brands with ABW, in terms of cost and image quality. Especially in  
"photo" (non-matte) surface papers. Have fun......printing is a great  
hobby, and with ABW, for me it's been totally frustration free. Doug M
On Nov 26, 2005, at 12:30 AM, garethjolly wrote:

> Sorry for bombarding everyone with questions - I'm trying to get
> myself on top of everything and whenever I work out something, it
> seems a whole new set of complexities arise.
>
> Is it possible to use Epson's Advanced B&W Printing with a custom ICC
> Profile (e.g an Ilford Gallerie ICC downloaded from the net)?
>
> If it's not, how does everyone do B&W printing with non Epson papers?
> Do you use photoshop (with photoshop determining the colours) (in
> which case I seem to be getting a slight colour cast)?  Or do you use
> an RIP, like Quadtone?
>
> And do you use colour ink (adjusting to remove the colour cast) or
> just grayscale?
>
> And can anyone tell me how to get a custom B&W ICC profile?
>
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Gareth
>
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