Digital BW, The Print

thought there may be viable ways to use an icc color profile with the
advanced B&W driver options in the Epson driver, they will have no
effect whatsoever on color, since it is a monochromatic driver. The
only options effecting the color ink mix is "color toning", fine
tuning it with the H and V settings shown with the tint wheel. However
it will effect the entire scale, not solving problems you may have in
only the blacks, or shadows as mentioned. A long shot might be a
different media setting.
Otherwise the options are to use the color driver settings, with good
profile with emphasis on good neutrals like the Colorvision profiles,
or QTR, which will give you hue options for shadows, mids, and highs,
separately.
No amount of color correction, via a profile conversion or otherwise,
will address hue problems when printing via a monochromatic driver.
Hope that makes sense.
Tyler

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "digikdm"
<monroekd@...> wrote:
>
> Having gone through this process recently with my 3800,
> perhaps I can help a little. Yes, that is correct. For B&W, use a 
> Chan profile on the first page of the print dialgue box. If he 
> doesn't have one for your exact paper, you can experiment. For 
> instance, I use his profile for Hahnemuhle photorag pearl for my 
> Hahn. Baryta and Fina Art Pearl Papers. It works great ( provided I 
> choose "light" in the ABW option area). For the media, which you 
> select in the second print dialogue window, use whatever Mr Chan has 
> suggested on his website. For the above 2 Hahn. papers, I use the Ep. 
> premium luster-media type. I originally found the "profile" 
> and "media" options confusing. To some degree you'll have to a waste 
> a bit of paper/ink to find the settings that best fit what you see on 
> your screen.
> Kevin Monroe
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> > Have you found noticeable improvement using these ?
> > 
> > Rgds
> > Rick
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andre Moreau"
> > <andre1moreau@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rickbehl" 
> > > > that I'm looking for. My prints always seem to have a slight 
> cast
> > > > (green-gray). Not extreme but not perfect...
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Hello Rick,
> > > 
> > > Have you tried the ICC's for Epson 3800 ABW at
> > > 
> http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/Epson3800/abwprofiles.html 
> > > 
> > > Maybe there's an ICC in there for an inkjet photo paper that 
> you're
> > using.
> > > 
> > > HTH,
> > > Andre
> > >
> >
>