RE: B&W accuracy on the 1200

[John.Weil@UCHSC.edu]

You would think it might be theoretically possible to create a profiling
utility which uses a monochrome pattern to create a monochrome profile for a
given ink-paper combination.

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> From: 	Laurie Solomon
> Reply To: 	epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Sent: 	Wednesday, February 16, 2000 4:12 PM
> To: 	epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Subject: 	RE: B&W accuracy on the 1200
> 
> Like you Scott, I have had off and on success printing black & white
> images
> using both grayscale and RBG.  Some of this seems to depend on the color
> cast and whiteness of the paper itself as to whether or not the grays will
> remain neutral.  The absorbtion rate and capacity of the particular paper
> also seems to have some bearing.  Using the grayscale setting versus the
> RBG
> setting (Black vrs Color)depending on the image frequently does not
> provide
> as smooth a coverage as is the case with the RBG or Color setting.  I
> think
> this has to do with the number of nossels that get used under each
> setting.
> Fewer are fired with a greater spread between them than is the case with
> the
> RBG setting.  On the other had, using the RBG setting often results in a
> color cast when one is printing a grayscale image.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com
> [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Scott Thurmond
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 2:06 PM
> To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Subject: Re: B&W accuracy on the 1200
> 
> 
> Jerry,
> 	I haven't had much luck with the 1200 either, although I've only
> been
> using Epson ink and Photo Paper.  There are times when I think I have it
> nailed, only to be jilted again.  Maybe the Monochrome setting on the
> 1270 will finally allow for neutral B&W prints.
> 
> Jerry Olson wrote:
> >
> > Out of curiosity, has anybody who owns a 1200 printer EVER gotten a
> truly
> beautiful
> > BLA CK and WHITE print off this printer? One whose gray tones are
> absolutely
> > neutral?  I can't seem to do so, not even with the Jon Cone Profiles,
> nor
> with any
> > tweaking I do in either the epson dialogue boxes or in Photoshop. I have
> no problem
> > getting neutral colors on the 3000 printer, but it seems impossible on
> the
> 1200.
> > I'm using the media street Dual Sided matte paper, and their new
> archival
> glacier
> > papers. I don't like glossy papers, and I'm a little afraid of the new
> matte epson
> > paper since it was all yellow around the edges right out of the package.
> >
> > Jerry
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