Digital BW, The Print

Hi Chris

Thanks for your reply. I was waiting to hear what Epson technical 
said about not being able to get 'black only' checkbox. They have 
just sent me an e-mail saying that with the Epson R220 printer I 
will not be able to get 'black only' regardless of what driver I 
have. 

I am sure that you wrote that you had downloaded the 5.5a driver and 
got the 'black only' box. Perhaps you can verify this so I can 
challenge them. When I tried to download the 5.5a driver a message 
came up saying it had done so successfully but in the preferences 
box, it still says 5.5 version.

I bought the R220 so I could have a go at BO and don't want to give 
up yet!

Regards, Charlie


- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Ellis" 
<christian.ellis@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Charlie
> 
> Welcome aboard.  I'm sure once you get up and running you'll feel 
more
> positive about working in digital.  I'm sure it doesn't have all 
the
> answers, but then working in the darkroom isn't perfect either!  
You
> need to find an approach which works for you - but it unfortunately
> (and like working in the darkroom) it doesn't happen straight away.
> 
> It sounds to me like the printer driver may have not updated 
properly.
>  You can check this by finding your printer properties - it should
> show you the driver version somewhere.  (I'm not at home at the 
moment
> so can't be more specific about how to find these - also I use 
Windows
> which you may not.)  
> 
> If the correct version isn't there you might need to delete the
> printer from the list of printers and then reinstall.  It might 
also
> be worth trying a reboot with your printer switched off before
> reinstalling the drivers.
> 
> When I used the 'grayscale' option (i.e. before I upgraded the 
printer
> driver) I had colour inks installed, and it definitely laid down a 
lot
> of blue ink.  The differences between black only and an R2 neutral
> print will probably be more subtle (I don't have a neutral inkset 
so
> again I'm a bit vague).  If you have the warm inks, then the prints
> will appear noticeably different.  BO prints often have dots in
> highlights which are visible to the naked eye.  The R2 prints will
> most likely be much smoother.
> 
> Hopefully this will be of some use.  It sounds like you're making
> headway with the R2 inks anyway - how are you getting on with 
these?
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > This is my first post although I have been reading the forum for 
> > some time. Until recently I was a diehard darkroom worker of 
some 
> > twenty years and felt pretty negative towards digital. But I 
have 
> > been inspired by the forum and particular thanks to Clayton and 
Paul 
> > for all the info on their sites.
> > 
> > So I have just made my first print with an Epson R220 and MIS 
UTR2 
> > inks and have a question. I decided to do a BO print and 
understood 
> > from the forum that the print dialogue box should have a 
checkbox 
> > for 'black only'. If it said 'grayscale'as mine did, then you 
had to 
> > download the latest XP driver from the Epson website - 5.5A. 
This I 
> > did more than once and it still showed 'Grayscale'. I phoned 
Epson 
> > technical (UK) who said there was no difference between black 
only 
> > and grayscale.
> > 
> > So today I made a black and white print using all the colours as 
per 
> > Paul Roark's method (with grayscale box unchecked) and the 
resulting 
> > print appears virtually identical to the BO print (or was it 
BO). So 
> > should I have 'black only' in that box? I would be grateful for 
any 
> > help.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Charlie Francis
> >
>