Digital BW, The Print

Hi all,

 

I’ve been playing around with my new 2100/2200 Epson printer for a couple of
weeks now, and although I’m quite pleased with the overall print quality, I
really think that the metamerism issue is unacceptable.

 

A bit of background: I’m used to print large-format negatives on Ilford
paper (fibre base warm tone and selenium toned – examples of that colour can
be seen here: http://www.jmf-photo.net/franca.html ).  This combination
gives me the expected colour at all times, regardless of the light source
temperature (I know there’s always a slight shift even with silver prints,
but I never noticed it…)

 

Anyway, I try to have that kind of colour on my digital prints, by
“brown-toning” them.

The prints coming out of the Epson look just fine and match what I have on
the display, as long as it’s not daylight. When I view them the morning next
day, they’re green… If I do the necessary changes for them to be acceptable
by daylight, they will look awful in the evening. This only happens with
“toned black and white” photos; full colour photos come out fine and look
pretty much the same under any lighting situations (here’s an example of
what I mean by “full colour”: http://www.jmf-photo.net/ .

 

I checked alternative ways of printing my B&W work with a warm tone, but the
only thing I could find was the PiezoTone inks (warm neutral and carbon
sepia) which I don’t particularly like because I would be stuck with the
same “standard” colour.

 

Is there any other way of achieving what I want, or am I missing something?

 

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

José Miguel Ferreira

 <http://www.jmf-photo.net> http://www.jmf-photo.net

 



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