Digital BW, The Print

chriskjezp wrote:
> Well, this is interesting.  I'm now looking at the color-managed
> prints under incandescent light, and they now look much closer to what
> I see on my screen.  
> 
> Earlier, when I was looking at the prints, it was in a mixture of
> incandescent light and sunlight (bright, overcast day) coming through
> the window.  I wonder if the cooler temperature of the bright overcast
> was giving the prints a green/blue/cooler appearance?  Because now in
> 100% tungsten light they look pretty good.
> 
> The ABW prints are still significantly darker than what I see
> onscreen, so that problem remains.
> 
> This color management stuff is tricky business!  Someone in another
> forum mentioned a special lamp that is color balanced (how does that
> work) that is good for viewing prints under.  Anyone know what I mean?

Solux lamps and I think the consensus is that the 4100K one 
is a better compromise for exhibition lighting 
compatibility. There's still a lot of composite grey in the 
prints with the color managed workflow that will give 
metamerism between daylight and tungsten. Can you compare 
the prints to earlier versions and see whether they behave 
differently ?

I there a shift in ICC profile version compatibility between 
the OS X's ?


ABW should give a better Dmax than through the color 
workflow, at least I see that with the similar B&W mode of 
the HP driver. However in the Epson ABW there's color ink 
left in the B&W print too, partly to compensate the warmer K 
inks. You could use ABW with a QTR created profile to get 
shadow detail back.

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Met vriendelijke groeten,  Ernst


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