Digital BW, The Print

I find that using no color profile and setting the printer for 10% dot
gain is the trick for 1280 / Eboni / EEM. 
Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter A. Klein"
<pklein@2...> wrote:
> Does anyone have some ballpark settings of the Epson 1280 driver for 
> BO (black only) printing.  I'm out of hextones and am awaiting a 
> shipment from MIS, and I want to experiment.
> 
> Epson 1280, Epson Matte Heavy paper (supposedly same response as 
> EEM).  I want to fool around with both the OEM Epson black dye ink 
> and MIS Eboni.
> 
> I had beautiful prints with MIS VM.  Right now with BO I've got a 
> nice looking gray scale when I print a step wedge, but things in the 
> mid-high range (like flesh tones) are printing a "zone" or more too 
> dark.  Brightness, contrast, gamma?
> 
> Also, do I need to mess with color space settings in Picture Window 
> Pro?  I don't use color management, but I've got the working space 
> set at Adobe RGB 1998 as per the hextone workflow.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Peter