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Black and white printing probs on versacamm VS640
Hi, can anyone offer useful advice as to how to get a good B/W print from a versacamm.
I have tried converting to greyscale, then the same and back to both RGB and CMYK,
in fact all the obvious ways I can think of.
The image is a photograph originating from photoshop, and I have desaturated etc etc.
The results always come out with a green cast or a sepia from greyscale.
I am printing eco-sol onto mactac 4 yr matt s/a vinyl…..phew!Thanks in advance to anybody who may be able to help.
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I’m not sure about your versacamm setup but on my Mimaki using Shiraz rip theres a option to print B/W only which uses black ink only with no other colours hence removing any colour cast.
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Hi Andrew
Im not sure if thats an option ive never looked at that to be honest im using signlab 8 i forgot to mention that sorry ,Kev
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Try density control only profile setting in versaworks. I’ve had success priting b+w canvasses using this.
Owen
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i seen green b4 too…
one of the hardest things is printing grey as it is all down to:-
how well the media is profiled
the profiles carried within ur imagethis is why b/w photos sometimes are sepia
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quote Andrew Martin:I’m not sure about your versacamm setup but on my Mimaki using Shiraz rip theres a option to print B/W only which uses black ink only with no other colours hence removing any colour cast.That’s right Andrew, Mono print will output using just the black channel making it impossible for the printer to add any other colour to the print. Of course, that goes out the window if there is any colour element of the job at all, then it’s back to good old warm looking greys I’m afraid.
As Dave days though, some printer/profile/media combinations are better than others.
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In VersaWorks go Quality (second tab down on the left after double clicking a job), Colour Management, Properties and tick ‘Preserve primary colours’.
John
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