Re: Getting print contrast to match screen contrast with Epson C86 (or Defense A
2005-08-07 by Robert
I'm having the exact same problems, and I believe that it's due to the fact that there's only two shades of black/grey making up the image. You might try tinkering with the brightness setting in the Epson driver so see if your midtones can be darkened. I'm using this as a test bed to see if I want to begin using the UT7 inks in my 2200 (and buying an 1800 for color). I assume the UT7 setup is more sophisticated than the EZN inks. Robert Ades --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Philip Glaser" <glaserp@s...> wrote: > Hi, > > I am editing my black and white images (scanned from Tri-x negatives) in > Photoshop v. 7 and printing them on an Epson C86 printer using the EZ Tone > Eboni black ink with Epson Enhanced Matte paper. The tonality of the printed > image does not match what I'm seeing on my monitor, which is an NEC > MultiSync LCD 1850E, and am hoping folks here might be able to help me with > that. > > I've taken a number of steps to calibrate my printing process, but the > printed image is lighter, overall, than the image on screen: the shadows are > not as dark as they should be and the lighter tones are lighter than they > should be. I suspect that I'll have to cross the threshold into the Dark > Arts of adjustment-curve editing (for which I would avail myself of Paul > Roark's excellent instructions at > http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/Monotone_Curves.htm). Before I take that step, > however, I want to see if I've missed anything else in the process. Here is > the summary of what I have done so far: > > 1) Using the Photoshop gamma utility, I've created a monitor profile and > confirmed (right-click desktop->Settings->Advanced->Color Management) that > the profile is being used by my PC. > > 2) Photoshop working settings are as follows: > - Image->Mode->Grayscale > - Image->Mode->Assign Profile->Don't Color Manage > -Edit->Color Settings->Working Spaces->RGB Mode->Adobe RGB (1998) > -Edit->Color Settings->Working Spaces->Gray->Gray Gamma 2.2 > > 3) In Photoshop, I created an Adjustment layer into which I loaded Paul's > C86-EZ-EEM-Con-15.acv, verified that it is the topmost layer and that it is > visible when I print. > > 4) In C86 printer driver: > - Color Management is Gamma 2.2 > - Brightness and Contrast sliders are both at 0 > - Paper is Matte Heavy > - Print Options are Black Ink Only and Edge Smoothing > > First of all, I want to clarify that I'm using the adjustment curve > correctly. I've loaded C86-EZ-EEM-Con-15.acv into an adjustment layer. When > editing, I make the adjustment layer non-visible; when I print, I make it > visible. I gather that the printed result should look the same as the result > on screen when the adjustment layer is _not_ visible. Do I have this part of > things correctly? > > If I do need to modify the curve, I have these questions: > a) Should I start with the C86-EZ-EEM-Con-15.acv or is there some other > curve I should be using? > b) Which of the various step tablets (K156, K168, K180, K220, K240) I should
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> be using for the C86/Eboni Black/Epson Enhanced Matte combination? > > Thanks for your help! > > --Phil