Digital BW, The Print

I recently bought an EPSON2400 for B&W printing. The sample prints
that I saw from this printer were breathtaking. My own print are far
from that. Maybe I'm doing something wrong and someone of this group
can share his expertise.

The image was processed in PhotoshopCS2. When printing I select the
ColorHandling parameter: "No Color Management" in the print preview
dialog. 

The printer settings I'm using are the following:
- Premium Glossy Paper
- Best Photo or PhotoRPM
- Advanced B&W Photo
- Color Toning neutral

The result is a print that has somehow a light yellowish look
(although all toning settings are on neutral). When I print the same
image on my old Canon PIXMA8500 the image looks much more "neutral" B&W. 

Any ideas what's going wrong here? Is there any mode to prevent the
printer from using other than the black PK, LK and LLK inks? I made
the observation that the LM cartridge is nearly empty although I'm
printing 80 % B&W.

Any ideas are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Juergen


PS: If anyone from EPSON read this, please have a look how other
companies create user friendly manuals! Mixing the explanations for
the three different operating systems in one document is really a
stupid idea. The user who wants to read the entire document (yes,
these people really exist ;-) ) has to skip 2/3 of the pages because
they deal with non-relevant OS information. Nice would be a separate
document for each OS.

Did you do a nozzle check? Could be clogged nozzle. The ABW does use 
more than just the K, LK, and LLK.

Another idea, far-fetched. If you make a side-by-side comparison with 
the Canon print AND if Canon is biased towards a cool toned print, 
your eyes/brain might be fooled into thinking the Epson print is 
yellow, especially under incandescent (tunsten) light.

Good luck.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "j25nde" 
<j25nde@y...> wrote:
>
> I recently bought an EPSON2400 for B&W printing. The sample prints
> that I saw from this printer were breathtaking. My own print are far
> from that. Maybe I'm doing something wrong and someone of this group
> can share his expertise.
> 
> The image was processed in PhotoshopCS2. When printing I select the
> ColorHandling parameter: "No Color Management" in the print preview
> dialog. 
> 
> The printer settings I'm using are the following:
> - Premium Glossy Paper
> - Best Photo or PhotoRPM
> - Advanced B&W Photo
> - Color Toning neutral
> 
> The result is a print that has somehow a light yellowish look
> (although all toning settings are on neutral). When I print the same
> image on my old Canon PIXMA8500 the image looks much more "neutral" 
B&W. 

> 
> Any ideas what's going wrong here? Is there any mode to prevent the
> printer from using other than the black PK, LK and LLK inks? I made
> the observation that the LM cartridge is nearly empty although I'm
> printing 80 % B&W.
> 
> Any ideas are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Juergen
> 
> 
> PS: If anyone from EPSON read this, please have a look how other
> companies create user friendly manuals! Mixing the explanations for
> the three different operating systems in one document is really a
> stupid idea. The user who wants to read the entire document (yes,
> these people really exist ;-) ) has to skip 2/3 of the pages because
> they deal with non-relevant OS information. Nice would be a separate
> document for each OS.
>

Hello Juergen!

The correct settings for BW in PS CS2 is "Let Printer Determine 
Colors"

The BW prints are breathtaking in R2400.

regards
Heikki

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "j25nde" 
<j25nde@...> wrote:
>
> I recently bought an EPSON2400 for B&W printing. The sample prints
> that I saw from this printer were . My own print are far
> from that. Maybe I'm doing something wrong and someone of this 
group
> can share his expertise.
> 
> The image was processed in PhotoshopCS2. When printing I select the
> ColorHandling parameter: "No Color Management" in the print preview
> dialog. 
> 
> The printer settings I'm using are the following:
> - Premium Glossy Paper
> - Best Photo or PhotoRPM
> - Advanced B&W Photo
> - Color Toning neutral
> 
> The result is a print that has somehow a light yellowish look
> (although all toning settings are on neutral). When I print the 
same
> image on my old Canon PIXMA8500 the image looks much 
more "neutral" B&W. 
> 
> Any ideas what's going wrong here? Is there any mode to prevent the
> printer from using other than the black PK, LK and LLK inks? I made
> the observation that the LM cartridge is nearly empty although I'm
> printing 80 % B&W.
> 
> Any ideas are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Juergen
> 
> 
> PS: If anyone from EPSON read this, please have a look how other
> companies create user friendly manuals! Mixing the explanations for
> the three different operating systems in one document is really a
> stupid idea. The user who wants to read the entire document (yes,
> these people really exist ;-) ) has to skip 2/3 of the pages 
because
> they deal with non-relevant OS information. Nice would be a 
separate
> document for each OS.
>