Digital BW, The Print

Does this discussion apply to the ABW driver on a 2400 also?

Steve


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Igor Wesdorp" <iwesdorp@...> 
wrote:
>
> The last couple of days I've been trying to get good results with the
> 3800 (K3) on Photo Rag, just using the settings in Photoshop CS and
> the Epson ABW driver. It is very likely that one can obtain better
> results by using QTR to create ICC profiles, as was recommended to me
> by several members of this forum. However, not being familiar with
> that aproach and not having the time to sort that out right now, I´ve
> stuck to the options provided by Photoshop and Epson.  And I am, in
> fact, quite satisfied with what I found: I´ve been using a
> densitometer to measure the gray wedges I printed, and I succeeded in
> getting a curve that is very close to the Target Densities that I also
> used in the past when I printed with MIS UT-FS.
> 
> Here are my settings, I hope someone will benefit from it.
> 
> Kind regards,  and thanks to the great people on this forum who gave
> me their advice.
> 
> Igor
> -------------------------------
> SPECS:
> Epson 3800
> K3
> Windows XP
> Photoshop CS
> 
> PHOTOSHOP CS SETTINGS:
> Color Settings (Ctrl-Shift-k): Working spaces / Gray / Gray Gamma 2.2
> 
> Print Preview Settings (Ctrl-Alt-P): Print space / Profile / Printer
> color management
> This means the the color management in Photoshop is disabled. In CS2
> and 3 this is done another way (from Eric Chan's site): Go to the File
> menu and choose Print with Preview... (CS2) or Print... (CS3). In the
> box that comes up, set the Color Handling menu to No Color Management.
> 
> EPSON ABW SETTINGS:
> Media type: Ultrasmooth fine art.
> Print Quality: Superphoto 2880 dpi
> Uncheck: High speed, Flip Horizontal, Finest Detail, and Edge Smoothing.
> Tone: Dark. 
> Max Optical Density: 0 (= default).
> Highlight Point Shift: Off (= default).
> 
> I needed different settings for the Neutral and Warm Color Toning:
> 
> If you prefer Color Toning: NEUTRAL
> Contrast -8
> Shadow tonality +11
> Highlight tonality +13
> 
> 
> If you prefer Color Toning: WARM
> Brightness -1
> Contrast -8
> Shadow tonality +11
> Highlight tonality +13 
> 
> 
> That's it. 
> Succes!
>