Digital BW, The Print

Are you using the ABW mode?
   
  Tom Baker

Ian <inframepix@...> wrote:
          After a few years of struggling with getting true(er) b/w prints 
from my Photoshopped files at 3rd party labs, I broke open my piggy 
bang and shelled out the $1,100 for the new Epson printer. With a 
sampler pack of papers from Red River in hand and a whole lot of 
wide-eyed optimism, i began making prints. I'd hoped to get some 
true b/w prints without the subtle green or magenta hues I'd been 
getting from the photo lab but no such luck. It's almost worse now. 
My crt monitor has been calibrated, I'm editing with Photoshop 7.0 
and I believe I have a good enough grasp of the color management 
work flow to get this right. Ideally, I'd be using the correct icc 
profile for the paper/printer in PS, have the color management 
turned off on the print driver and i'd get an accurate print. This 
isn't happening. I've tried allowing the print driver to do the 
color management in the b/w mode but that's only slightly better.
I'm scratching my head with frustration (made worse as I watch my 
precious ink cartridge levels drop with each bad print).

Help! Any advice would be much appreciated. I'm digging through 
the messages now to see if I've missed any helpful posts. 

Regards,

Ian aka inframephotography
Olympia, WA



         


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