Re: [Digital BW] Re: Workflow for Epson 2200
2002-10-08 by Andrew Cassino
Hi Antonis, I tried your workflow and still found I had the same sort of problem as always with No Color Adjust and the Epson-supplied profiles, and that is not enough shadow separation. in the last 6-8% of the gray tonalities. I have also used the Photorealistic method and while it helps somewhat, the deep shadow separation could still be improved. Yesterday I found a slight modification to the Photorealistic method that yields deep shadow separation nearly as good as what I've been able to get with the ImagePrint demo. The modification is to set the printer gamma to 1.5 instead of 1.8. This way I can even see a very slight difference between the 98% and 100% squares on my gray chart. Has anyone else tried this? Andrew
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----- Original Message ----- From: Antonis Ricos To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:52 PM Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Workflow for Epson 2200 > I was wondering if anybody has a recomended workflow for > producing neutral BW prints on the epson 2200 without IP5? Michael, start with a grayscale image that looks as you like it under Gamma 2.2 in Photoshop 6 or 7 (assuming profiled and calibrated monitor). Turn it into RGB under Adobe98. Put a layer on top with an RGB curve. Move the blue curve so that you add a bit of blue across the scale including the highlights and shadows. Read the RGB values to confirm. Of course you can use any curve and any color you like, this is just as a simple starting point. Set print set up to no adjustment (despite other recommendations), EAM as your media (your choices may vary, of course), and the EAM_MK profile. Document space = Adobe 98. Try this or variations of this and see how you like it. Clearly, no one is stopping you from using photorealistic or anything else you like on the driver. But this is an easy start. Please share your workflow when you get to a place you like. I may eventually upload a curve or two for feedback. Anyone else that has RGB curves they like for mono on the 2200, please let me know and we can upload them for you. Antonis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]