Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jonthor_jont" 
<jonth_r@...> wrote:
>
> photo chrome. black one is matte, light black is not matte thohgh.
> but i kan see the loss of grayscale when i convert to the 
hahnemuehle profile in photoshop
> ("convert to profile...."). so i was hoping there were a good 
profile out there for this paper 
> wich doesn't loose some of the gray scale.
>

Are you printing an RGB or Greyscale image?  The profiles from 
Hahnemuhle are for RGB, not Greyscale.  I use Greyscale for all my 
bw images and only use the profiles from Hahnemuhle for soft-
proofing in Photoshop.  Even with soft-proofing, I have found the 
best way to determine if I am getting what I want is to make a test 
print. 

With my image in Greyscale, I print from Photoshop and let the Epson 
driver and ABW do the work, using my default Greyscale profile, 
which is Dot Gain 20%.  Depending on the photo and paper, I 
sometimes have to use adjustment curves to fine-tune the tones for 
the paper.

This is what works for me.  I just thought I would share it.

keithz