Digital BW, The Print

After two weeks of endless printing and experimentation, I have to
say that the OPM/IJC software, especially on the 2200, has proven to 
be something of a Godsend. 

The difference in printing sepia prints on the 2200 through the Epson 
Print Driver, and through OPM, is huge. With the Epson Print Driver,
I still get those subtle but horrible red/green transitions in
mid-tones - no true sepia at all. With the OPM in action, I get 
perfect sepia prints, where I can control the exact color of the 
sepia. The results are fantastic. Just like the best darkroom print
at 
last, but with more control.

On the 1280, the results are also beautiful, occasionally even subtly 
better due to the smaller dots in the highlights. But the downsides 
are you're confined to the sepia color that is the MIS Sepia - really 
nice, but for me, I personally want something a little warmer/more 
chocolatey.
Also, of course, the 2200 is 3-4 times faster.

Also, Joe at Bowhaus has now fixed the black banding problem, so 
everything seems set to churn out endless great prints..............

On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 02:34  PM, nick90290 wrote:

> After two weeks of endless printing and experimentation, I have to
> say that the OPM/IJC software, especially on the 2200, has proven to
> be something of a Godsend.

I agree.  I'm finally able to get great neutral B&W prints without 
metamerism.

>
>
> The difference in printing sepia prints on the 2200 through the Epson
> Print Driver, and through OPM, is huge. With the Epson Print Driver,
> I still get those subtle but horrible red/green transitions in
> mid-tones - no true sepia at all. With the OPM in action, I get
> perfect sepia prints, where I can control the exact color of the
> sepia. The results are fantastic. Just like the best darkroom print
> at
> last, but with more control.

Which inks are you using for your sepia profiles and if you are using 
the yellow ink is there any problem with metamerism?

>
> On the 1280, the results are also beautiful, occasionally even subtly
> better due to the smaller dots in the highlights. But the downsides
> are you're confined to the sepia color that is the MIS Sepia - really
> nice, but for me, I personally want something a little warmer/more
> chocolatey.
> Also, of course, the 2200 is 3-4 times faster.
>
> Also, Joe at Bowhaus has now fixed the black banding problem, so
> everything seems set to churn out endless great prints..............

I never had this problem, but I'm curious to know what the fix was.

Carl

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
<scho@m...> wrote:
>
> 
> Which inks are you using for your sepia profiles and if you are 
using the yellow ink is there any problem with metamerism?

I use the light magenta and yellow. Only 3/26 on the light magenta, 
1/26 on the yellow. The magenta is switched off. 5 on light magenta,
2 
on yellow looks great for a stronger sepia too.
> 
> I never had this problem (with black banding), but I'm curious to 
know what the fix was.

I only had it on the 1280, not the 2200. I wouldn't explain the 
solution coherently - so it's better I don't attempt to, I 
think........

What is OPM/IJC software?

Jer

Could you please tell me what OPM/IJC stands for and who sells it? 

Thanks.
Betty Walker

>From: "nick90290" <NickBrandt@...>

>After two weeks of endless printing and experimentation, I have to
>say that the OPM/IJC software, especially on the 2200, has proven to 
>be something of a Godsend.

> Could you please tell me what OPM/IJC stands for and who sells it? 
> 
> Thanks.
> Betty Walker



Jerry, Betty...  here is my message from the other day answering this very 
question:

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this is Mac OS (8 and 9) software that allows you to print bw inkjet prints
from 
a variety of Epsons using any ink and paper combination of your choice. Its 
main strength is that you can make your own profiles and not rely on "canned" 
ones - something that has long been a reality for high-end color printing. 

We had a discussion here about all this - you may search back to my 
message 28545 - a few weeks ago when OPM (OpenPrintMaker) was 
released as a free download. IJC (InkJetControl) sells for around $200 and is 
the part that allows profile making (useable only with OPM).

The download site is:
http://www.bowhaus.com/inkjetcontrol/

and further info can be obtained from the company at:
software@...

I have been involved as a beta tester and have certainly seen the benefits of 
this software solution across many of my printers, so I am a very enthusiastic 
supporter of its development. It is still in release v.1, with many
improvements 
to come, but it works well enough for now to have taken over from any 
previous software that I tried for bw (the piezo plug-in and ImagePrint).


Antonis