Digital BW, The Print

I thought if the RGB numbers were all equal, like Red=150, Green=150 and
Blue=150, it would look the same as grayscale.  I've printed both grayscale
and RGB using QTR Create ICC and really didn't see any difference.

Tom Husband

On 1/2/07, Matt Haber <matt@...> wrote:
>
> It was very obvious to me at viewing distance--RGB printed lighter
> than greyscale.
>
> -matt
>
> > Matt, thanks for your input (and those of the others who so kindly
> > responded.)
> >
> > Since you seem to be the only respondent who has seen a difference
> > between using RGB vs. grayscale, can you tell me whether it is
> > an "obvious" difference or one which requires "close up" inspection
> > (e.g. closer than normal viewing distance)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Haber"
> > <matt@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > FWIW, with photoshop 7, I get slightly different results if I send an
> > > RGB image to the Epson driver vs the identical image converted to
> > > greyscale.
> > >
> > > -matt
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