Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Tom Baker 
<tbaker1328@...> wrote:
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> Are you using the ABW mode?
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>   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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I'm not at home but from what i remember there are 3 modes: 
color
black
and advanced B/W
ABW is Advanced B/W?
Yes then, i've used the ABW mode but did not make any adjustments.