Digital BW, The Print

I have been using a C88 with the MIS Neutral Inks with Eboni black for a couple months 
now, and have been making great prints with it.  Granted, this is my first batch of inks so I 
cannot comment on batch consistency.  I am also a darkroom veteran and find this to be a 
great printer for small proofs.  I have been printing mostly on HPR.  I use Gray Gamma 1.8 
as my working space and the QTR-HPR ICC profile that I got with the Quad Tone Rip.  I 
usually have to apply a curve layer to lighten the image for printing (it prints kind of dark 
otherwise).  In the print driver settings I use the advanced tab, setting it to the highest 
resolution, heavyweight matte and turn ICM color off.    If you haven't downloaded Quad 
Tone Rip for the profiles, you definitely should.  Hope this helps.

-Chris 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Fred59" <jfhanson45@...> 
wrote:
>
> --- 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.
>