The metallic look thing is called Bronzing, which is a problem on many occasions. Metamerism is when a print's colors look different under different lighting conditions - daylight v. tungsten for example.
B & W printing is problematic - you can set the printer driver to print "black ink only", and there are photographers for whom this method works successfully. If you leave the driver using all 4 inks, you will often get a color cast. There was a program released called QuadToneRIP for printing in B & W, and a Windows GUI interface for it called QTRgui recently for printing in B & W. http://www.sbillard.org/Shareware/QTRgui.htm Free trial - $50 if you want to buy ti. I've tried it several times and I think it's excellent. You'll find much more info on it by joining the Yahoo "Digital B&W the Print" mailing list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/ Maris Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Thanks Bill ... > > Have thought about the metamerizing issue (that's when the ink takes > on a kind of metallic look, right?) and, at least for the onset of > this exploration, it appears as a minor concern. Mostly I want to > learn the process as inexpensively as possible and make smallish > prints to be used in greeting cards, CD jackets, and to send to a few > select friends and acquaintances, as well as to see things like grain > structure, cropping choices, and other such things. > > Have you tried B&W with your Epson?
