Couple of quick questions for 3800 users if I could:
1. Anyone find 'preview' (prior to printing) with the 3800 essentially useless? color or B&W (tinting) via color printing or ABW using manufacturers' RGB paper profiles - washed out and far too bright vs screen proof.
When doing B&Ws using ABW and the custom grayscale icc paper profiles available from
http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/Epson3800/printworkflow.html#color
Preview comes very close to the screen proof and print (with some variance due to paper tint vs my iMacs ability to replicate that tint) when I convert image to grayscale 2.2 as part of proofing.
2. What workflows are people using for printing B&W tinted, via the color driver and via ABW when using the CANNED manufacturer (RGB) paper profiles?
Mine (B&W example):
- open into Adobe RGB
- convert to 16 bit
- set proof to paper profile (say Fine Art Pearl), usually Perceptual, mimic paper color
- convert to B&W using ____ method
- USM, sizing (360 dpi), etc, etc
- print stage:
adobe RGB source
CS3 manages color
select paper profile (FAP)
Premium Semi-Gloss paper type
ABW selected if NOT tinted, Color if tinted
If Color - NO color management checked
If ABW all ink density, etc settings left to default
2880 ppi, high speed, etc unchecked
Now I do need to get a Huey or spider etc., to profile my iMac LCD (older matte screen, not gloss), but just curious what folks use.
Thanks
1. Anyone find 'preview' (prior to printing) with the 3800 essentially useless? color or B&W (tinting) via color printing or ABW using manufacturers' RGB paper profiles - washed out and far too bright vs screen proof.
When doing B&Ws using ABW and the custom grayscale icc paper profiles available from
http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/Epson3800/printworkflow.html#color
Preview comes very close to the screen proof and print (with some variance due to paper tint vs my iMacs ability to replicate that tint) when I convert image to grayscale 2.2 as part of proofing.
2. What workflows are people using for printing B&W tinted, via the color driver and via ABW when using the CANNED manufacturer (RGB) paper profiles?
Mine (B&W example):
- open into Adobe RGB
- convert to 16 bit
- set proof to paper profile (say Fine Art Pearl), usually Perceptual, mimic paper color
- convert to B&W using ____ method
- USM, sizing (360 dpi), etc, etc
- print stage:
adobe RGB source
CS3 manages color
select paper profile (FAP)
Premium Semi-Gloss paper type
ABW selected if NOT tinted, Color if tinted
If Color - NO color management checked
If ABW all ink density, etc settings left to default
2880 ppi, high speed, etc unchecked
Now I do need to get a Huey or spider etc., to profile my iMac LCD (older matte screen, not gloss), but just curious what folks use.
Thanks