Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-14 Thread Bulent Celasun
Dear Friends, Thank you all very much for your most valuable insights. I will be starting to use my printer within a few days and try printing a couple of photos. I understand that the printer (under ordinary conditions) does less mistakes than an ordinary human being! I'll share my experiences

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-14 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: If your monitor is properly calibrated, its display should match the Epson 2880s printout almost exactly. And BW prints, once purged of

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-13 Thread Mark C
I can only comment on the mono printing. I have an Epson 3800 which used the K3 inks but lacks the vivid magenta. I've been very satisfied with the BW printing results. It's not my preferred way of working, but if I don't expect to need to print the image in the future I just use the advanced

Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Bulent Celasun
Hello all, I've been making an occasional print of some of my photographs using a common garden inkjet printer at home. For color work, it was OK and I was not fussy about profiles, resemblance to the original (whatever that might mean) etc. However, the uncontrollable color casts on monochrome

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 11/3/13, Bulent Celasun, discombobulated, unleashed: I've been making an occasional print of some of my photographs using a common garden inkjet printer at home. For color work, it was OK and I was not fussy about profiles, resemblance to the original (whatever that might mean) etc. However,

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
If your monitor is properly calibrated, its display should match the Epson 2880s printout almost exactly. And BW prints, once purged of color in PhotoShop or other software, won't have any color cast. However, I have no idea how that would work using the printer under Linux. Why make it

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Stan Halpin
Bulent, I am much less systematic (and less successful?) than many on this list, so my suggestions should be considered with suspicion. But for what it is worth, I think you should just sit and make some prints. I have the 2880. I have made BW prints that I am very pleased with. There is

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: If your monitor is properly calibrated, its display should match the Epson 2880s printout almost exactly. And BW prints, once purged of color in PhotoShop or other software, won't have any color cast. However, I have no idea how that would work

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Igor Roshchin
Mon Mar 11 11:46:56 EDT 2013 Aahz Maruch wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: If your monitor is properly calibrated, its display should match the Epson 2880s printout almost exactly. And BW prints, once purged of color in PhotoShop or other software, won't have any color

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: If your monitor is properly calibrated, its display should match the Epson 2880s printout almost exactly. And BW prints, once purged of color in PhotoShop or other software, won't

Re: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Mar 11, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Mon Mar 11 11:46:56 EDT 2013 Aahz Maruch wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: If your monitor is properly calibrated, its display should match the Epson 2880s printout almost exactly. And BW prints, once

RE: Request for specific Advice on BW InkJet Printing (using an Epson printer).

2013-03-11 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Some of us have political reasons for avoiding Mac/Windows; others of us simply prefer an OS that feels comfortable. Unlike governments, operating systems don't make lifestyle decisions for us. It would seem