Digital BW, The Print

I have not done any test strips but the correct setting is no colour
management in PS CS2 or Same as Source in PS CS. In other words you just
send the file numbers only.


> From: Sonny Taylor <st@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:35:42 -0500 (CDT)
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: <wayne.sanderson@...>, <sjantscher@...>,
> <jeff@...>
> Subject: [Digital BW] "Color management" in PS or Advanced B/W driver [Mac,
> R2400]
> 
> I wonder if anyone has any experience with the Advanced B/W driver, with
> respect to color management in PS? I am testing my R2400 and am trying to
> resolve a statement by Jeff Schewe in his excellent article in PhotoshopNews:
> 
> http://photoshopnews.com/2005/05/16/epson-r2400-and-ultrachrome-k3-ink-report/
> 
> where he states:
> 
> "Printing out of Photoshop CS2, I used the Print with Preview dialog to set up
> the Photoshop to Epson driver hand off. Since the Advanced B&W Mode operates
> completely outside of normal color management parameters, in Photoshop you
> must turn off any color management".
> 
> I wonder if I am doing something wrong. I am printing a B/W strip posterized
> to 31 segments. The first segment is 100% black, the second 97% black, and so
> on.
> 
> Prior to reading Jeff's article, I did my tests with Color Management ON in PS
> and as I have always done with color; and the results with the Advanced B/W
> driver are excellent, except for some difficulty in differentiating the 100
> and 97% (they are both black, even though I can see a difference on my
> monitor; with a curve in PS, I can slightly open up the 100-97%).
> 
> There is very little change in the shadows using Shadow Tonality in the
> Advanced B/W driver, from -25 to +25.
> 
> After reading Jeff's article, I turned off CM, passing control to the Advanced
> B/W driver. The strips became all black for many more segments. I could not
> open them up using the driver.
> 
> Am I missing something from Jeff's article? It seems that CM ON in PS still
> gives much better results  than I can achieve by the driver alone.
> 
> Is there a better way to open up the deep blacks?
> 
> Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sonny
> 
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