Digital BW, The Print

Carolyn and Martin, all,

You both make the same very good point, and I'm glad I now know where 
that feature got hidden. Thanks to both of you. But...

I just ran a third print through using PS7 going through print with 
preview. I did have to set to "color management"; when I did this the 
source came up as sRGB and destination came up as same as source. I 
went to print button from that dialouge and compared the fresh print 
to the other two, already three hours drying.

I will look at it again after some drying time has passed, but 
unfortunately, the two PS7 prints match (that is the one done by going 
through "Print with Preview"--->"color management"---->yada vs the one 
done earlier just through the "print" dialouge). And both differ from 
the PS6 print done with srgb as "source" and "same as source" for 
destination (but in "print" dialouge).

IOW, I get posterization in PS7 using either method, but PS6 gives me 
my healthy print looking like my Febuary reference print (but done 
smaller in 8 x 10).

I would also like to update/ change my observations on the differences 
between the two prints: At a second look, I discover that you DO need 
to view these two prints under good quality lights, and you would be 
best to use a very dark print full of 3/4 tones. It shows up slightly 
above about a Zone V, but moreso Zone IV and below. The posterization 
 is maybe the most visible symptom, but I'll add now that the PS7 
print dark values also get slightly darker- vaugely 75% now looks like 
maybe 80%k just to hazard a number. As a second symptom it is 
detectable.

Can the color space specification have changed for sRGB in PS7 so that 
 it's really being converted to a "different"  sRGB space then Paul 
had origianally tuned his curve to?
Jim H. 





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Carolyn Frayn 
<carolynfrayn@s...> wrote:
> 
> assuming that you need to set your source and print space for these
> workflows, this would certainly change your entire print.  It's in 
the print
> with preview dialogue box in PS7.
> 
> Carolyn
> 
> > The only difference in the workflows is that PS6 shows me a source
> > space and print space addendum to the Epson printer dialogue, and 
PS7
> > has- nothing below the epson printer dialogue box (Win98SE). This 
is
> > the only thing that is apparently different as one goes through 
the
> > workflow in both PS6 and 7.