ABSTRACT
Advanced B&W Photo tips If you are using one of the more advanced Epson printers you may be interested to know that you can access the Advanced B&W Photo settings shown in Figure 5.6, where you can apply coloring effects via the Epson driver system Print dialog. There are a few things you need to do in order to access and make the most of the Advanced B&W feature for Epson printers. Firstly, this is only available with certain printer models, such as the Epson 4800 and later models. You can make a print from either RGB or Grayscale images, but the printer driver assumes the image to be in neutral RGB (and ignores any colors), or to be in Grayscale mode. Normally you would convert to Grayscale first, in which case the gamma of the Grayscale space you convert to should match the gamma of your RGB workspace (see the Color Management PDF that is on the book website). In the Photoshop Print dialog you will want to select Photoshop Manages Colors and select an appropriate printer profile and rendering intent (again, see the Color Management PDF). When you click Print, this will take you to the Epson print dialog, where in the Print Settings section you will need to select an appropriate media type, such as Photo Paper ➯ Premium Glossy Photo Paper, in order to match the profile selected in the Photoshop Print dialog (note also that not all paper media settings support Advanced B&W). Next, select ‘Advanced B&W Photo’ from the Color section of the Print dialog (see page 692). Having done that, click on the Advanced Color Settings, to access the Print dialog options shown in Figure 5.6, where the key thing is to leave most of
these sliders as they are, apart from choosing a color toning method. You can choose a preset color from this menu, click on the color wheel below, or adjust the Horizontal and Vertical values. You will notice that the Tone setting says ‘Darker’. This is actually the default setting, but you can modify this if you wish.
