Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, James Strain 
<platinumjstrain@...> wrote:
>
> Folks - Help.  MacPro, MAC OSX 10.5.*, Epson 3800.  Latest driver, I believe.  Have an 8-
bit RGB, but B&W image that I am attempting to print.  To get a color closer to my 
platinum-palladium prints, I went into Hue/Saturation in Photoshop (CS3), checked 
colorize, took Hue to 35 and Saturation to 5.  Resulted in a rich looking color on screen.  
>  
> I then attempted to print using Photoshop CS3 - Photoshop manages colors selecting a 
profile for the paper that I made using Datacolor Spyder3 Print, with the extended gray 
set.  In the Epson driver, chose "No color management."  Instead of printing, the printer 
reported that it was receiving data, and periodically, the printhead would make a run 
across the paper but not lay down any ink.  Just for fun (and to make sure the computer 
and printer were talking to each other),  I left every setting the same, reloaded the same 
piece of paper, and selected in Photoshop "Printer manages color" and in the Epson Driver 
"Advanced B&W" with a selection of enhanced warm tones that I like.  Printed like a charm, 
quickly, accurately, but not as richly as I think the profiled print should have been. 
>  
> To be sure, I had printed the Datacolor test page after creating the ex gray profile and it 
printed beautifully.  Anyone run across this problem?  Thx.  Jim
> 

I'm probably missing something here, but if I wanted to print B&W from a color RGB file I'd 
proceed differently.  In CS3, with the color image up, I'd choose Adjustment Layer/ Black 
and White.  The image will convert to B&W and a set of sliders will be presented where 
individual colors (now shades of gray) can be modified; then proceed to the Print stage.  If 
your monitor is calibrated you should get ~WYSIWYG in the print.

Harry