Digital BW, The Print

Try printing directly from Lightroom 2: "Develop" "Presets." 

LR comes with several un-toned B&W presets that appear mostly to vary
contrast. 

With 3 Moab papers (LaSal Matte, LaSal Glossy, Colorado Satine) the
Color Controls (Epson printer Advanced) are set zero for
maximum-neutral B&W and good match to monitor. The results are ALMOST
as neutral as I want, not as good as QTR/OEM with my 2200
(unfortunately QTR doesn't work with R800/OEM and unfortunately 2200
is no good with my favorite semi-gloss paper (Satine) due to heavy
bronzing.

Drawbacks: 

R800 has only one Black... it's faintly Green on cold paper in cold
light. Attempting to fix that with Magenta doesn't pay off with cold
images because highlights seem to grab the Magenta before midtones
neutralize. You might like the results if you warmed the image: maybe
+3M and +3Y with -3C. You might also try warm (unwhitened)
paper...Entrada Natural might look good, but nothings colder than
these specific Moab papers. I'm out of warm papers at the moment.

There's some remaining bronzing on glossy and semi-gloss (Satine), but
at least there's no gloss differential.

Oddity..my worst results are with big areas of maximum black. Big deep
shadows = bronzing. Images with small areas of max black show no
bronzing at all... 

I don't understand this big/small phenom, but its obvious.

GOOD news: slight selenium tone (selenium looks like Cyan plus Red =
C+Y+R on several papers) may pass nicely for Agfa's Portriga Rapid
(except for big max black areas)...

BEST news: with selenium look, highlights aren't even faintly tinted
(selenium look doesn't affect highlights as much as the same amount of
Magenta alone does...a mystery).


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "djon43"
<djon43@...> wrote:

>
> Try printing directly from Lightroom 2: "Develop" "Presets." 
> 
> LR comes with several un-toned B&W presets that appear mostly to vary
> contrast. 
>