Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Randall" <jrandall@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hard to help.  Specifically what do you mean by not good prints?  

Flat.  Purplish. Poor gradations in the tonalities.  In short, they look like complete crap.

This system is to be my proofer - not the final image printer - but these don't even pass 
as proof prints.

> This may be something as simple as a monitor/printer mismatch (ie, 
> no WYSIWYG).  Is your monitor calibrated?  Even if it is, you may 
> still need to apply a curve to your monitor image (or a proofing 
> profile) during editing to get a good match (or to your image before 
> printing).

Yes, my monitor is calibrated.  Yes, I tried softproofing the images in PS as well.  I tried 
print with the profiles Paul provides as well with no real benefit.

> Yes, print in color.  The Black setting only prints with one black 
> ink.

Printing in color looks like complete crap.  Black looks much better.

> I recommend starting out with EEM (inexpensive) until you sort out 
> your workflow then go for the other papers.  Minimize the variables.

I'm a darkroom veteran, so I know all about that.  I focused on EEM and Kirkland.  I only 
did the test with the other glossies to see what I got.