Digital BW, The Print

Hello Brian,

>I did some experimenting last night and found that in order to match 
>my monitor I needed to use Gamma 1.8 (maybe even 1.5) when printing BO 
>and Gamma 2.2 when printing full ink.  The Gamma settings are the ones 
>in the Advanced options on the printer properties (R220).  All the 
>prints were made on EEM so there isn't anything in the paper that 
>would have made a difference. 
> 
>Is this something that is common or does it mean something that I'm 
>not aware of?

It's not an easy answer because what printer gamma setting works best
depends on what image profile is used.  There's a sort of push-pull
relationship between them.  Obviously this is what works for whatever
workflow you're using right now.  But if you were to begin using a
different default profile in color settings (which would affect how
the grayscale file is initially created), there might a different
result on the printer side.  So you can't make a blanket statement
about it.  There are too many workflow variables.  You just need to
find the combination that you like the best.

I'm using an R200 with R2-N right now, and am finding that I can use
the same settings I use for BO.  These are described in an article at
the link below.  I'm doing some experiments and will be writing an
article about it soon.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm