Datacolor User to User Support Group.

>>A full 3D ICC profile for the Epson
color driver is clearly desirable if I want to tint my B&W prints.  But
I generally don't, and the ABW driver produces a better pure-neutral B&W
print than the Epson color driver can, with or without a custom profile
used with the color driver.

I would bet that the opposite is true; try an AWB print of a gray  
ramp, and a Spyder profile for the color mode. Measure multiple points  
on the ramp in both prints. I find the a, b values from the color  
profiled print to typically be more measurably neutral, though this  
will vary with printer, inks, media, and settings.

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On Jan 5, 2010, at 4:33 PM, "bill_iverson_washington" <bill.iverson@... 
 > wrote:

> A full 3D ICC profile for the Epson
> color driver is clearly desirable if I want to tint my B&W prints.   
> But
> I generally don't, and the ABW driver produces a better pure-neutral  
> B&W
> print than the Epson color driver can, with or without a custom  
> profile
> used with the color driver.