Digital BW, The Print

ABW – Advanced Black and White.  It is possibly the best thing about owning
a newer Epson printer. It gives you the ability to make very nice neutral
B&W prints as well as tinted prints. It is in the Epson print dialog box
under advanced. And as far as I can see color issues are always a part of
any printing step; the degree and source differ. 

 

I still didn’t see you paper listed, but try a soft proof as Steve suggested
in CS3 for a COLOR image. Also are you checking the image soft proof in the
print box ion CS3?  You can also use “Let printer Manage Color” with the ABW
mode in addition to No Color Management. 

 

Eric. 

 

Eric Neilsen Photography

4101 Commerce Street

Suite 9

Dallas, TX 75226

http://e.neilsen.home.att.net

http://ericneilsenphotography.com

Skype ejprinter

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of eihnhoven
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:05 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] trouble with dark prints on a 3800

 

the paper profile is Pro 38PSPP which is what the sample pack recommended.

What is AWB?

Color balance issues don't seem to be applicable to my issues. The
monitor is at it's native 6500K.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhit
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
eThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Neilsen"
<e.neilsen2@...> wrote:
>
> More to the point, What profile are you allowing or telling the
Epson driver
> to use? Bad choices in the printer driver itself can and will lead to
> problems across the board. I suggest you open up the hood and see
what you
> have set. 
> 
> 
> 
> And as Steve suggest, the color workflow Is not the best path for
B&W, using
> the ABW will give you much better prints. Which version of PS? 
> 
> 
> 
> Eric Neilsen Photography
> 
> 4101 Commerce Street
> 
> Suite 9
> 
> Dallas, TX 75226
> 
> http://e.neilsen. <http://e.neilsen.home.att.net> home.att.net
> 
> http://ericneilsenp <http://ericneilsenphotography.com> hotography.com
> 
> Skype ejprinter
> 
> _____ 
> 
> From: DigitalBlackandWhit
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
eThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhit
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
eThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve
> Kale
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 5:42 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhit
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
eThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] trouble with dark prints on a 3800
> 
> 
> 
> Using the Epson colour-managed workflow to produce B&W prints is
generally
> not a great idea because it leads to green/magenta casts. But that¹s a
> different issue. The luminance fidelity should be ok subject to
having to
> compress the image gamut from what you see (LCD tonal range) to that
which
> can be achieved on paper (typically much weaker blacks). Your eyes will
> generally adjust well to the different white points and it¹s better
to use a
> native white point for LCD calibration because there¹s less strain
placed on
> the profile/CMM to get neutral greyscale than if you use, say, D50. The
> native white point of my Apple 23in CD is 6400K.
> 
> How is the comparison when you set up a soft proof with the profile
you¹re
> using for printing (using the same rendering intent)? And what if the
> prints are viewed in good sunlight?
> 
> From: eihnhoven <eihnhoven@yahoo. <mailto:eihnhoven%40yahoo.com> com>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhit
> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
> eThePrint@yahoogrou <mailto:eThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com>
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:15:57 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhit
> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
> eThePrint@yahoogrou <mailto:eThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> ps.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] trouble with dark prints on a 3800
> 
> Go easy on me...like I said, this is all new:
> 
> Apple CD is calibrated with a Monoco X-rite Pro and I'm using Epson
> drivers.I'll go to print and let photoshop deal with color, use
> Epson'sprofile for the sampler pac, printer set to have color mgmt.
> off, hit print and that's that.
> 





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