Digital BW, The Print

I'm a newbie, and I'm just black only on my 1270 and quadtone blacks on my
3000 - quadtone 100% black in the 1270. And I use cheap paper. My market
doesn't require bug expenditures.

You can make it as difficult as you want.

gar

PS a few of the images I've prepared are duo-tone, so I'm heading there once
I get a handle on BO.


  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Troy
  Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:00 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] printing


  Hi all,
  I am writing today because I am totally confused about printig. I am
  going to start printing in black and white, and after all the reading
  i did on the web i am even more confused about what I need to do to
  get good quality prints. This is something I would like to get serious
  about but it seems like all the joy is being drained out of it when i
  start to try to educate my self about printing.
  I am using a Epson 1280. I use photo shop to edit my images. I am
  thinking about starting to use duotone instead of grey scale
  conversions. My question's are.
  1. do I need to have a printer icc profile for my printer?
  2. what is the easyest way to get quality prints?
  3. I allready have a spyder monitor calibrator is there any thing else
  that i need?
  4. I am just plain fed up and confused with reading and trying to
  understand all of this on my own, can some one please guide me.
  Thank you very much in advanced for your help. Troy



  


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