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Re: 1280 BO printing looks too light

2006-08-22 by Kevin

With my Dot Gain 20% image I almost always printed at Dot Gain 15% on the back end to 
get a better match.

Also, make sure to uncheck "high speed". I most definantly saw a difference here.



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mowens" <mowensmd@...> 
wrote:
>
> Images printed on EEM with following settings:
> 
> profile same as source
> gamma 1.8 or 2.2
> black only using eboni ink (ARC-T007-UTK)
> matte heavyweight or photo quality ink jet paper setting
> 
> Note that my 1280 driver does not have the "advanced black and white" 
> settings.
> 
> Multiple different prints for different images all appear drastically 
> lighter than the image on screen.  My black areas on photoshop measure 
> RGB values of 0,0,0 with decent histograms.
> 
> Any thoughts?  I really want to figure out BO before moving to UT2.
> 
> MO
>

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