Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mike,

Why are you using Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy and a UPGP profile, but specifying a media setting of Ultra Premium Presentation Matte?  

That might be the source of your problems.

Ellen

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, mike-theprint@... wrote:
>
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm getting very dark, oversaturated prints on a refurbished Epson
> Stylus Photo 1400 (purchased directly from Epson). I'm using color
> management (details below), and I'm trying to figure out what's going
> wrong. 
> 
> Here are the details of my color management process:
> 
> For color, Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy, Epson OEM ink
> (shipped with the printer), Epson's "SP1400 1410 UPGP" profile
> (installed with their driver).
> 
> For black and white, Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy, MIS UT-14
> inks, and Paul Roark's 1400-UT14-UltraPremGlossPP-N-1-rgb.icc profile.
> 
> Initially I thought I'd use up the Epson inks and then switch to the
> UT-14 ones, but the color results were so poor that I gave up and
> switched early. I'm using the Epson paper mostly out of convenience -
> Best Buy had it and I knew profiles were available for it.
> 
> I'm following the directions in Paul's UT-14 paper: Photoshop manages
> color, with the UltraPremGlossPP profile selected. Rendering intent is
> Perceptual. Black point compensation is checked. In the Epson dialog,
> media type is "Ultra Premium Presentation Matte", Color is, er, Color,

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- 
>   | Mike Acar |                                | mike at waspfactory dot org |
>