Thanks, Paul. When I chose "Photoshop controls color" I no longer have access to color controls in the printing program. I'm absolutely satisfied that the image to be printed is B&W. I have a pro editor acquaintance to question on such things and he says he does two things when it comes to printing B&W. 1) Clean printer heads. 2) Turn off all color controls. This person is now retired and working out of his home. I understand he makes house calls. I have his business card and am about ready to give him a call.
Thanks! Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 3:25 PM Subject: Re: Printing B&W Good results are very difficult to achieve when the printer controls the color. Change your setup to Photoshop controls color and turn off all printer color control. You can find instructions for printing workflow management on the web. Paul On Apr 1, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm done wasting photo paper...for the moment. I estimate having >sacrificed about 20 sheets of A3 Ultra Premium Luster in the last 36 hours. >Would have been more, but I've been interrupted a few times with meals, toilet >and accompanying my wife in her travels to uninteresting places. > I have proof of past B&W successes which only serves to make me >doubt myself rather than the printer. The printer is an Epson Stylus PHOTO >R1800 (remember those?) which I bought new about a dozen years ago. > The only "calibrating" I've ever done to the system is a fairly >regular session with Huey whenever I begin to see ghostly shadows bordering >images. > I've given control to the printer and then turned down the available >colors (only includes magenta, yellow and cyan) to a limit of minus 25. Get a >grape blue. If I select "no color control" or "photoshop elements manages >color" it's a shade of magenta. > I don't do a lot of printing any more, but seems it's a B&W when I do. Color > hasn't been a problem. > I've made several trips to my favorite lab in Sacramento in recent years, > always to get a B&W done that I'm pressed to supply. I, also, do that when I > need a print larger than 13"x 19." > I've figured out that a new printer would solve my problem, but I'd >likely not be around long enough to use it up. > If you're familiar with the printer and have any thoughts that may >help, please pass them along. > > Thanks! > > Jack > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
