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RE: [Digital BW] Printing B&W on ESC3000

2006-03-07 by Paul Roark

Andrew,

> ... ESC3000 ... colour cartridges (OEM) and am
> ... I wonder if there is a way of producing even 
> moderately okay black and white prints from the 
> standard set up. 

Probably not.  

> When I try to, I get a green print that looks horrible ...

With excellent profiling one might get a print that looks OK from a distance
and in one light source.  However, it would have very visible dots, color
shift over time and with different light sources, and probably never look
really neutral.  

I suppose most of us have tried to make good B&W with color inks, but it's a
frustrating exercise that will probably fail.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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