Hi Bill, apologies for not replying until now, illness reared its ugly head.
The hardware I use is an Epson Perfection flatbed 3200 scanner,old but ok for me.
The software is Silverfast AI Studio. Using the 'multiscan 2 or 4 passes' does a really good scan.
Thanks for the pointers you raised.
Regards
Alan

Hi Alan-

What are you using to scan the negs?
Regarding the conversion, for B&W it should make very little difference- the intent (RC or Perc.) determines how the converter handles out of gamut colors, which I doubt you have here. That said, sometimes you'll see a difference, usually the Perc. is somewhat lighter in the mid-tones and highlights.

However, sometimes you'll also see a difference where with perc. you lose some of the darkest shadows- obviously a problem printing on matte papers!
See my new post about weirdness of Photoshop conversions versus converting in Qimage- suffice it to say that Qimage is different, and better. I am still trying to puzzle this one out!

Feel free to call if you want to discuss this further.

Regards,

Bill Morse
William Morse Editions
MorseEditions.com

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Scanning very old b/w negs to RGB files for restoration and to add limited colours in PS(see attachment). When printed on  gloss paper, (Ilford smooth high gloss), all is good - i.e. neutral grays and accurate colour and very little metamerism.
However, printing on matte paper, metamerism is an issue when viewed under artificial lighting.
Question: any recommendations for a matte paper that is not prone to metamerism for this type of print output and regarding rendering intent would relative colourmetric be best?
My printer is on old Epson 2100. I am using pigment CIS system Photo black. All my profiles are created using PP and printed through QSE.
Many thanks
Alan
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Hi Limey
I use a fotospeed CIS pigment system for my Epson 2100 printer together with Profile Prism and it's been a HUGE learning curve. The fotospeed CIS system works very well. I have been using it for about 10 months and no air locks whatsoever. In my opinion, the ink is excellent. The customer support is good; they got me up and running in an afternoon. Of course the install is absolutely one step at a time, and ensure that you follow the instructions! Hope this helps.
Best wishes
Alan

Hi to all - has anyone out there used this photo editing software? I am testing the 31 day trial version and am very impressed so far as it will edit in16 bit and has a host of tools etc.  Would appreciate any comments if any of you are familiar with this programme. Thank you.
Alan http://www.zoner.com/ww-en/photo-studio-professional/

I got 11 and a headache - I'm now going to have a glass of wine, one with a deep shaded red color!

First comments since my purchase of PP several months ago.
 I have also had the green /yellow cast, use an Epson 2100 printer with a CIS system & have tried tweaking the profiles time and time again. Temporarily gave up, then approached the issue as a flawed starting point -(my first set of printer target 40 tifs all seem to be very dark, over saturated and dense -all printed using ‘QI /Prtr /ICC OFF ‘and Epson ‘print setup /no color controls’)
I then reprinted all printer target 40 tifs using ‘QI /Prtr/ ICC OFF/  no color controls’  for all the paper media I use, both gloss & matte (Epson-Ilford-Fotospeed etc). I did this at varying levels of ink color densities.  Access via Epson’s 'print setup/properties/advanced tab/paper configuration/color density'
 Printer target 40 tifs prints at less 5% ink-less 10% ink-up to less 25% ink color density.   
Created new profiles for each reprint, then made test prints of each profile - (hope that I'm making some sense?)
After much trial and error I settled on 25%less ink.
I used ‘QI/ Prtr/ ICC OFF’, Epson’ print setup /no color controls’, with color density set at 'less 25%' for printing the printer target 40 tifs.  These settings created printer targets that were less dense and lighter. Then, I scanned the IT8 target with the new printer 40 target, creating new profiles.
When I used the new profile, the green /yellow cast was still there, though less obvious. I then printed a picture using 25% less color density which was just too light; finally settled on 15% less color density.
So far so good - green/ yellow cast no longer an issue - still testing though.
 
PRINTER SETTINGS THAT I USE FOR PRINTING THE ABOVE PROFILE:
EPSON PRINT SETUP/PROPERTIES/ADVANCED/ NO COLOR CONTOLS/ PAPER CONFIG/ /LESS 15% COLOR DENSITY   

All this would seem to indicate that the ‘no color controls’ setting in the Epson 2100 printer  lays down a lot of ink and needs to be adjusted .  All of this can only be a pointer to all of you out there,  as each printer /paper/ scanner combination etc  has their own unique issues to be resolved.

Many thanks Fred and Mike; I look forward to ordering and using profile prism at some point. Alan

I am thinking of purchasing profile prism later this year; will I be able to use my silverfast Ai to generate the profiles on my epson perfection 3200 scanner?  Any advice appreciated - thank you.