Digital BW, The Print

Hi everybody.

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've tried different configurations but the only I've achieved is a 
greenish color instead of the grays. Even more, the print has got 
horizontal strips all along. I've never had these strips in any of my 
other prints.

Do you think tritones or quadtones might be of use in this case? I've 
heard about it but never used.

Thanks,

Rafa

> 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

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
>