Digital BW, The Print

Many thanks for your answer, Paul!



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> > I use a EPSON R220 with Epson inks, and I'd like you to give me 
some
> > advices about how can I manage to print a photograph in which B&W 
and
> > color are mixed up. It's a portrait of a girl where I've 
desaturated
> > everything except the lips. I'd like the face in black and white 
and
> > the lips with a vivid red.
> 
> I suspect the R220 with Epson inks will never be able to do a 
really good
> job of printing B&W and color in the same image.  There was a 
thread a
> couple of weeks ago about how to do this, but I don't think there 
was any
> solution that would apply to the R220.  The R2400 (and other k3 
printers)
> have the inks needed to do the job, but the driver is less than 
ideal; they
> use separate modes for color and B&W.  With a good profile, 
however, (or a
> good rip) someone with one of the k3 printers is probably as close 
as you'll
> get with today's inkjet printers.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>