Digital BW, The Print

i am testing Picture Window Pro 3.1 with my epson2200 to print black 
& white prints. anyone with experience doing this? is there an "all 
black ink" option for the epson2200? will picture window pro 3.1 
handle custom curves and all that stuff? i'm trying to avoid $700 
photoshop 7.0!

Jeff Randall has written curves for Picture Windows for printing  
with a b&w quad inkset.
http://www.inksupply.com/html/mis_fs_1160_pc_randall_e_workflow.pdf

You can find a lot info on Picture Windows Pro at Norman Koren's 
site: http://www.normankoren.com

You can also query the-always-helpfull Jonathan Sachs, the developper 
of PW at www.dl-c.com. There is a forum dedicated to PW on his 
website.

However, to answer your question directly: 
Picture Windows Pro plus black inks only printing with the Epson 2200.
Yes it can be, its only a matter of time until someone publishes the 
workflow you need. 
Hope this helps, 
Andre


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "yonci2000" <bcottman@w...> 
wrote:
> i am testing Picture Window Pro 3.1 with my epson2200 to print 
black 

> & white prints. anyone with experience doing this? is there an "all 
> black ink" option for the epson2200? will picture window pro 3.1 
> handle custom curves and all that stuff? i'm trying to avoid $700 
> photoshop 7.0!

Picture Window Pro 3.1 can read PhotoShop .acv and .amp curve files 
(thanks to Jonathan Sachs who added the feature within hours of the 
first user's request), therefore the many workflows written for BW 
printing with quad/hextone inksets and the Epson driver can be 
implemented through PWP. (see the MIS website Quad workflow page at 
www.inksupply.com )

The 2200 cart chip has not yet been commercially reverse engineered 
so empty carts and CIS/CFS solutions are not available for folks to 
experiment with 3rd-party inksets which are also being developed. 
They are in the pipline and coming soon.

IMO, you will loose nothing, and in my opinion gain a lot by using 
PWP.  Also note that PWP 3.5 will soon enter beta testing.  

Jeff Randall



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "yonci2000" <bcottman@w...> 
wrote:
> i am testing Picture Window Pro 3.1 with my epson2200 to print 
black 

> & white prints. anyone with experience doing this? is there an "all 
> black ink" option for the epson2200? will picture window pro 3.1 
> handle custom curves and all that stuff? i'm trying to avoid $700 
> photoshop 7.0!