Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Tom.

I think with this particular printer that by choosing the 'Advanced
Black and White' mode in the printing dialogs that should do what you
are saying ?

Rgds
Rick


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Maugham"
<Thomas@...> wrote:
>
> The first and maybe easiest step is to check in your printer dialogue
> box(es) for a way to shut off your color. Maybe a check box for
monochrome
> or B&W or some such thing. Doing that should get rid of any color
casts you
> may have. For example, in my Epson 1280 I have a box labeled Ink and two
> radio buttons, one for color and one for black.
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> HTH,
> 
> Tom 
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> 
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
rickbehl
> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:51 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Help for newbie please....
> 
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> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Apologies for asking a newbie question but one has to start somewhere...
> 
> I'm sure a lot of the information I am looking for is here already
> somewhere but it would be great if someone could point the way :-)
> 
> Anyhow, here goes. I am shooting mostly film and spend a lot of time
> with Ilford and Kodak Tri-X films. From my negatives I am scanning
> them myself with a Nikon Coolscan 5000 and then printing from
> Photoshop onto an Epson 3800 using the Advanced B&W mode available
> from Epson. My monitor is calibrated (using a Gretag Eye-One) but I
> have not done any profiling on the printer (pretty expensive from what
> I understand).
> 
> So far I am reasonably happy with the prints I am getting but they're
> not quite as good as I know I can get out of this equipment... I've
> seen other examples in Print shops and from friends using the same
> printers and they seem to have a little more of that B&W 'X-factor'
> that I'm looking for. My prints always seem to have a slight cast
> (green-gray). Not extreme but not perfect...
> 
> Anyhows, I'm looking for advice on a workflow or areas I need to look
> at in order to get 'Exhibition quality' prints from my equipment...
> 
> Any advice is appreciated.
> 
> Rgds
> Rick
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