Digital BW, The Print

Are you soft proofing in CS? Poor image quality can many times be an
indication if improper setting used to view the file, not the file output
setting(s). 

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of pglombick
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:38 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson R2400 ABW system - overview

 

Thank you for the feedback. Yes, I have read (and re-read) Clayton's 
informative site and emailed him regarding his workflow. It seems an 
empirical approach, and I still don't really understand what the ABW 
system does except create a custom tone.

Can someone also tell me what the shadow and highlight tonality do 
and the Highlight Point Shift setting?

I don't seem to have any success when using canned profiles using 
CS2. I end up with horrible prints, usually much darker than the 
image on-screen. If I understand correctly, most people select no 
colour management and then use the ABW settings to fine-tune their 
prints? Is there a lot of latitude in this? Apart from toning and the 
lighter to darker controls, there does not seem to be a lot of 
control. I have had some success printing with Quadtone, but again, 
only with canned profiles. I have wasted a lot of ink and paper and 
have yet to achieve any good prints with the K3 inks, whereas using 
Quadtone and Piezo inks, I have achieved very good results with 
little fuss. Most people seem to get good results with the R2400 
straight out of the box with minimal fuss, but so far good prints 
remain elusive and ink costs are running up rapidly even with my tiny 
test prints.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhit
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
eThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Paul,
> 
> >I've searched the archives, but I have yet to find a clear
> >description of just the ABW system does and how it does it. If 
> >someone could explain it clearly and in detail or provide a link, 
> >it would help me understand.
> 
> Tom mentioned my article (#9 at the link below). It contains a step
> by step workflow for using the 2400 in ABW mode. It's more of 
a "How
> To" than "How it works" article, but it should give a good 
overview.
> 
> 
> >For example, what do the horizontal and vertical controls do? 
> 
> The ABW driver displays a color tone circle with a dot in the 
middle.
> The H and V controls change coordinates which move the dot around.
> 0h,0v is the center point and creates a print tone close to neutral
> (the actual tone varies with different papers). The controls can be
> positive or negative numbers and can position the dot anywhere in 
the
> circle to produce whatever tone you want. The left/right axis is
> green/magenta, up/down axis is yellow/blue. So a sepia tone, for
> example, can be produced with 20h,40v. My favorite setting is 2h,8v
> which produces a slightly warm tone on Photorag and VFA papers.
> 
> 
> >That is just one question among many I have.
> 
> Go ahead and ask, happy to help.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at 
> http://www.cjcom. <http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm>
net/digiprnarts.htm
>

 



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