Tony Riley wrote:

> My mistake may have been looking for both
> highlight and shadow separation as well most neutral colour on the one
> grayscale - Neil B says really just to look for the best shadow separation.

I concur.
> 
>> On most Epson papers the bets approach seems to be using Photo Realsitic
> and
>> Gamma 2.2 or 1.8.
> Again you're right. These were included in my tests, and are the best
> looking settings I got. Probably with Phot Qual Inkjet. Highlights OK, then
> second half of the strip very dark with a jump one step from the end. These
> characteristics on all strips.

That's one of the things you have to live with without employing a RIP.
However the profile should rectify this, at least to a degree. It shouldn't
have any bearing on the general darkness however.

> 
> The only real change from previous successful printer test and profiling has
> been add Lt M and Lt Y to my inks to set up a new CIS system and to try
> PShop CS after PShop 7.

So Lyson inks - well Neil is the definite authority on those.

> I'm on Win 2000 Pro, using Lyson Fotonic with
> HPR188. 

What's a HPR188?

> But thanks for your suggestions. Maybe I should reinstall PShop 7
> and try again.

It shouldn't matter, however it would remove one factor from the equation so
why not...
> 
> Thanks Thomas

cheers 

Snip

> Thanks John, I actually did read most of this about a year ago. Certainly
> excellent. My problem is I seem to be doing everything right, and can't
> identify what's going wrong. I'll have another plod through.

Any chance of using another computer for the printing? (Just a thought).

Best Regards

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