Quoting Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]>:
When I do Black and white on the Epson v500 I have made a file that
is in _saved in grayscale_... seems to me that problems with color
cast I've had were a combination of the type of paper I was printing
on and the profile.
get absolutely black and white prints if I print on epson matte paper.
I think I did pretty well with the high gloss Ilford that is akin to the
nice metallic paper
hi guys :-)
ann - just hopped in for a few mins
Ah - there you are. I was beginning to worry.....
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
On 4/1/2013 21:28, Jack Davis wrote:
Thanks again, Paul.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
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Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Printing B&W
I used to be able to get decent BW prints with an Epson 1200, which
doesn't have multiple blacks. It's much easier with one of the
newer multi-black printers like the 3000 or the 2880, but you
should be able to get acceptable BW results with the 1800.
You don't need or want access to the color controls in the printing
program.Turn off all color controls and adjust color in PhotoShop.
Select "let photoshop control colors" in your printing setup box.
Use the Epson icc profile for the premium luster paper. It's very
accurate. Render your photo as a grayscale image in PhotoShop, then
convert it to whatever your PhotoShop color space is set to.
Prophoto RGB or Adobe 98 RGB for example. If your monitor
calibration is accurate, the image in an RGB odor space should
remain BW with no color tint. Then print with photoshop controlling
the color. You may get a slight color case, but you should be
pretty close to pure BW.
On Apr 1, 2013, at 6:50 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks, Paul. When I chose "Photoshop controls color" I no longer
have access to color controls in the printing program. I'm
absolutely satisfied that the image to be printed is B&W.
I have a pro editor acquaintance to question on such things and he
says he does two things when it comes to printing B&W. 1) Clean
printer heads. 2) Turn off all color controls. This person is now
retired and working out of his home. I understand he makes house
calls. I have his business card and am about ready to give him a
call.
Thanks!
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
Cc:
Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Printing B&W
Good results are very difficult to achieve when the printer
controls the color. Change your setup to Photoshop controls color
and turn off all printer color control. You can find instructions
for printing workflow management on the web.
Paul
On Apr 1, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm done wasting photo paper...for the moment. I
estimate having sacrificed about 20 sheets of A3 Ultra Premium
Luster in the last 36 hours. Would have been more, but I've been
interrupted a few times with meals, toilet and accompanying my
wife in her travels to uninteresting places.
I have proof of past B&W successes which only serves
to make me doubt myself rather than the printer. The printer is
an Epson Stylus PHOTO R1800 (remember those?) which I bought new
about a dozen years ago.
The only "calibrating" I've ever done to the system is
a fairly regular session with Huey whenever I begin to see
ghostly shadows bordering images.
I've given control to the printer and then turned down
the available colors (only includes magenta, yellow and cyan) to
a limit of minus 25. Get a grape blue. If I select "no color
control" or "photoshop elements manages color" it's a shade of
magenta.
I don't do a lot of printing any more, but seems it's a B&W when
I do. Color hasn't been a problem.
I've made several trips to my favorite lab in Sacramento in
recent years, always to get a B&W done that I'm pressed to
supply. I, also, do that when I need a print larger than 13"x 19."
I've figured out that a new printer would solve my
problem, but I'd likely not be around long enough to use it up.
If you're familiar with the printer and have any
thoughts that may help, please pass them along.
Thanks!
Jack
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