Hi Becky becky-at-beckyhill.co.uk (Becky Hill)::29/9/04::12:58 pm:: GMT+0100
>Hi there, > >I'm struggling to get good black and white prints from my epson 2100. >I have a profile for my printer with the paper I'm using (Epson Semi >Gloss). Colour prints work well with this. My laptop has been profiled >(as much as it can be) so what I'm seeing on screen should be right. I'm afraid that <as much as it can be> is the right phrase, it's very difficult to get a good colour range from a laptop, but some calibration/profiling software and devices do it better than others. Graybalance should be OK though, if you put up a mono file an it looks mono you're fine. Before spending any money, watch out for real monochrome in your files using the eyedropper and info palette. I'm sure you realise that equal RGB numbers = true monochrome? A RIP is quite an investment. We are seeing great results in mono [and in colour] from Ultrachrome machines with Proofmaster RIP, but I'd not recommend spending RIP money and setting up on a 2100. This technology becomes financially valid [read justifiable] on 4000 and up. I made a <mono use> profile for a Jazz photographer with an 1160 recently (no RIP needed), I'm out on site but will be adding Howard's comments to my feedback page later this week - at : http://www.colourmanagement.net/about.html > >I'm making black and white pics from colour by using the channel mixer >and on screen they look good. But the prints are coming with a colour >cast of green and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. that could be metamerism, green in daylight and warm indoors? >Is it that I need a seperate >printer profile for black and white images? there is a technology for making mono profiles for RGB printers like yours, but you should be fine with a properly made printer profile made for your own printer, I've seen very good results from Ultrachrome on mono images. Remember that even mono inks suffer from metamerism (see link from pixl email for more info on metamerism). Best Regards Neil Barstow Consulting in Imaging & Colour Management http://www.colourmanagement.net/ http://www.apple.com/uk/creative/neilbarstow/ =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
