Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "heningerw" 
<lists@...> wrote:
>
> I'm having a hell of a time getting decent prints with a new C88 
and the MIS EZ inks.
> 
I am NOT familiar with the C8x setup--but I have an R340 and the MIS 
UT-R2(N) setup.  If the drivers are somewhat similar, then--

1.  Check your printer PROPERTIES (select printer in 'printers and 
faxes,' right-click, scroll down to Properties) have the correct 
color management setup (select Color Management tab in Properties.)

If there are ANY profiles assigned to the printer and the CM is set 
to automatic, then 

a.  DELETE ALL PROFILES, and
b.  set CM to Manual.

2.  In the Printer Driver, look to see that "ICM" is enabled, and 
that the "ICM OFF" box is checked.  Look on the "Advanced" tab, I 
suspect.

This for sure puts your Editor in control of the file sent to be 
printed.  Your image in Edit will, if your monitor is calibrated, 
look pretty much like what you want it to--

3.  If you're now getting nominally the print you want, you can now 
go in and use the Printer Color Controls (select Color Control, not 
ICM / ICM OFF) and you can tweak the prints as desired.

4.  FWIW, I convert my prints to B&W in my Editor (PSE 5.02), and I 
assume you are doing that.  

You're probably much more advanced than I am right now, but this is 
what I've sorted out for B&W printing so far.  But, I've found that 
(apparently) XP keeps reassigning my monitor profile to printers in 
the Printer Properties; that's a hidden feature I could do without.

Jim H.