Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/2/06 6:32:45 PM, jerry.robinson4@... writes:
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> > I am just now getting into B&W digital printing with the purchase of a
> > 2400 - leaving the wet darkroom after 40 years. I use Monaco EZ Color
> > to make custom profiles for color.  Will the same profile also work 
> > for Black and White for a specific paper?
> > 
> > To print black and white (or tinted B&W) images with color inks
leaves you 
> open to such issues as print color shifting under different viewing
lights, and 
> possible color shifting over time with differential fading.

Not really an issue on the 2400, which uses three dilutions of fairly
neutral blacks (K, LK, and LLK) and has drivers set up to "lean" very
heavily on the blacks when printing any neutral or near neutral color,
even in its color modes. It uses only enough colored inks to "tint"
the neutrals.

Steve Kale's answer, about using the Epson ABW (advanced B&W) mode is
the correct one. This mode makes neutral B&W easier than driving the
printer's color mode through PhotoShop or other printing software.