Digital BW, The Print

I'm printing some b/w portraits for a client, and there's still a hint 
of green in the image. I'm using Epson 960, Epson Colorlife paper, 
black ink only. On a Mac with 10.2.6.
Any suggestions?

TIA,

Dennis Stein
Digital Imaging
Fine Art Photography
Web Design

It will dry down a little over night. Colorlife takes longer to dry.  
Having said that - the epson black is slightly warm and the colorlife  
paper has a cast also - it may never look truly neutral.

On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 12:02  PM, Dennis Stein wrote:

> I'm printing some b/w portraits for a client, and there's still a hint
> of green in the image. I'm using Epson 960, Epson Colorlife paper,
> black ink only. On a Mac with 10.2.6.
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA,
>
> Dennis Stein
> Digital Imaging
> Fine Art Photography
> Web Design
>
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on 9/3/03 9:02 AM, Dennis Stein at djstein@... wrote:

> I'm printing some b/w portraits for a client, and there's still a hint
> of green in the image. I'm using Epson 960, Epson Colorlife paper,
> black ink only. On a Mac with 10.2.6.
> Any suggestions?

If you're as picky as I am about NEUTRAL/stable/archival B/W prints with no
color shifting or metamerism you're in for a bumpy ride because you're never
going to get that without considering the quadtone systems (or some people
say a RIP- but I wasn't convinced about that). Printing with black only is
probably not getting you professional results.
I'd decide the level of quality you need to deliver in your B/W prints and
go from there by researching the archives on this forum.
I'm using the MIS quadtone inks and getting, for the first time, beautiful
B/W prints from my inkjet printer.

Sue Tallon

www.tallonphoto.com

I'm using Imageprint, and it provides absolute control B&W tonality, including absolute neutral.  But, it's not cheap.
 
TB


Sue Tallon <suetallon@...> wrote:
on 9/3/03 9:02 AM, Dennis Stein at djstein@... wrote:

> I'm printing some b/w portraits for a client, and there's still a hint
> of green in the image. I'm using Epson 960, Epson Colorlife paper,
> black ink only. On a Mac with 10.2.6.
> Any suggestions?

If you're as picky as I am about NEUTRAL/stable/archival B/W prints with no
color shifting or metamerism you're in for a bumpy ride because you're never
going to get that without considering the quadtone systems (or some people
say a RIP- but I wasn't convinced about that). Printing with black only is
probably not getting you professional results.
I'd decide the level of quality you need to deliver in your B/W prints and
go from there by researching the archives on this forum.
I'm using the MIS quadtone inks and getting, for the first time, beautiful
B/W prints from my inkjet printer.

Sue Tallon

www.tallonphoto.com




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Hello Sue,

> www.tallonphoto.com

I just visited your web site and enjoyed seeing your really fine work.
 Some of the nicest still life work I've seen in a long time.


Regards,
Clayton


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