Digital BW, The Print

Hello Will,

>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? 

These settings seem to be the equivalent of the printer gamma settings
in the non-ABW mode.  Why Darker is the default I'm not certain, but
it may be because that works pretty well when GG2.2 is used as the
image profile.  I use a custom DG18 curve for my image profile and it
works best with the Light setting.  I avoid getting trapped by the
defaults by always selecting a saved setting.  That puts all the
various controls where I want them with a single operation.  Otherwise
it's too much to remember in the midst of working up an image.

Regards,
Clayton


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