Digital BW, The Print

Terry Ritz schreef:

> That latter is what I'm asking about, an ink configuration where neutral
> grays are substituted for Epson's OEM grays. I believe that the densities
> are close, so I suspect there is benefit in this setup even while using the
> Epson drives and a custom colour profile. However, I understand that a RIP
> is required to gain control over how the grays are generated, and to ensure
> that they remain colour free. It's encouraging to know that Gutenprint
> offers a way to get there.
> 
> QTR is an outstanding tool, and I appreciate all that Roy does for our
> community. When I started out I was using only K and LK in a 2200. I moved
> to Cone inks a few years ago, and now use QTR for profiling / linearity. My
> tools for toning are ink selection and paper choice.
> 
> Thank you for all the information, Duane.
> 
> Terry.

Terry,

I'm not sure but I guess you want to keep normal color printing on your 
printer while it can be switched more easily to custom B&W printing too. 
For your custom color inkset this may be interesting: PhotoPrint is a 
GUI on the Gutenprint base. I have it running on an XP Windows machine 
here. There's a Linux GUI too. Unlike normal RGB drivers it seems to 
give control on the GCR and more fundamental media preset variables. 
Some not so interesting features aboard too. I installed to see whether 
it would allow a custom B&W inkset on HP models. There are however more 
features for Epson printers aboard. There's a video on the website that 
explains the functions. The writer is an ArgyllCMS expert I think

http://www.blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software/01PhotoPrint.


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