Digital BW, The Print

>... I have been testing Paul's LLk swap for yellow with
>( -3, 20 ) and getting a nice warm-neutral print on Silver Rag that is
>almost dead on to what I see on my monitor (without the tone). 

> So out of curiosity I printed out a 21 step with those ABW settings and
>measured it with a PFP Spectro and ran it though QTR's Create ICC. I
>then loaded that icc and printed with no color controls in the print
>properties but the print came whacked towards magenta. ...

So, for this you're using a grayscale file and Roy's "Create ICC" (not
"Create ICC-RGB).  So, you're dealing just with grayscale, and the text file
made with the spectro can omit any color information (or have it, but
labeled with -- L (tab) A (tab) B (tab)).


Be sure the right ICC is loaded in the print preview, and be sure the
printer driver properties are exactly as they were when you made the ICC.


>Also when printing with these ABW coordinates it does not appear 
>that the LLK (Y) is being used very much.

It's used just as much as the yellow ink would have been, but it's much
harder to see.  LLK dots on a 2400 are virtually invisible.  Much or the
carbon warmth in a system like this comes from the core LK and LLK.  To get
a better range, I use MIS carbon there, which is warmer than the Epson LK
and LLK (which is about half carbon).

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com