Digital BW, The Print

Wil, It happened on my 4800 when I first got into the ABW on my PC. It could
be a hold over from the idea that a B&W that lacks depth is more likely to
be seen as a failure than one that is over inked. You might try setting up a
few custom set ups that allow you to push the detail and darken sliders a
bit. Print out a few 100 square patches so that you can really see the
squares as you move the sliders.  

 

Eric Neilsen Photography

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Dallas, TX 75226

214-827-8301

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of will
gibson
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:29 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Epson Advanced B/W

 

All,

I've recently been printing black and whites thru PShop using an Epson 
7800 and the ABW mode. Prints like a jewel, VERY linear with Hahnemuehle 
Fine Art Pearl. But in the Printer color management page, the default 
for TONE is "Darker". Can anyone give me a plausible reason why? It 
definitely does print darker if I forget to switch it back to NORMAL 
which is 2 steps back in density. Thrown away 2 prints so far because of 
it. The only thing I can think of is that the sales people got in there 
and left this "land mine" to make the users screw up and use up more ink 
and paper than they need to. Any thoughts about this? I've been trained 
over the years to never trust using a PRESET as they revert to default 
settings seemingly randomly. Is this a Mac thing or does this sort of 
thing happen on Windows too?

Will Gibson

 



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