I can't seem to print a sepia-toned image using Qimage Pro, Epson 3800 and Epson ABW mode.

My system is Win7 64, CS4, calibrated monitor. latest Epson driver. The image is sepia-toned, in RGB mode, the image profile is Adobe RGB. I can get a beautiful sepia-toned print using Qimage and COLOR mode in the Epson driver. I can get a beautiful B/W print using Qimage and ABW mode in the Epson driver (with or without sepia selected in either auto or custom). But I can't get a sepia print using Qimage and Epson ABW mode. Any ideas? I tried converting the image to greyscale mode, but that didn't work either. Maybe I should just stick to the modes that work for me, but I'd sure like to see what the Epson ABW mode can do with sepia.

In all other respects, QI works wonders, thanks Mike  .

Thanks for your help,
Jack

Jack,
I might be wrong here; just guessing from what I have seen on my friend's 3800, but the wonderful part pf that printer (for those who use it) is the ability to make excellent B&W prints.
It is my understanding that the ABW mode is the built-in Black and White driver.
It is likely that the B&W driver does not apply colors.
That is just a guess.
Fred

Thanks for your help,
Jack

This is strange. You can actually tone the print with ink color mix sliders and it still keeps the "neutral" B&W for the actual print.
Qimage makes on the fly an RGB image of a greyscale file  but as far as I know the driver B&W mode accepts both RGB and greyscale and consider it greyscale. At least it did so with Epson ABW modes and still does with HP Z B&W mode. So that can not be a reason. I guess the driver skips the ABW mode and takes the color mode instead and prints a "neutral" B&W as the file itself is a B&W image.

I guess you should reinstall the driver. Something makes a short circuit there.


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I re-visited the LL article and approached this printing issue a slightly different way but with the same results.  The printer driver controls color.  The original profile for your image does not get changed.  In other words if you use Prophoto as your working space then the image would stay in that profile space.  The icc for the printer DOES change and has to change to sRGB or some variant of it. You will have to tell Qimage to list ALL profiles in order to see that color space.  You will get your sepia print or a print that will replicate whatever adjustments you made for ABW.

Ernst,

Eric Chan information is here http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/.  He talks a great deal about ABW and Epson. 

Victor

So shall we both wipe our messages after the 5th message in this thread?

Finding solutions where no problem exists creates only confusion.

Still wonder why it doesn't work for Jack.



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First of all, thanks to all who replied, and for all your suggestions. I've been ill the past two weeks & was unable to  reply further. Since I've been home, I tried all suggestions and finally  discovered that  the default color controls in the Epson driver simply don't provide enough tint to be noticeable on my printer, with my paper, and in my viewing conditions, I settled on Sepia, Dark, H=75 V=0. these give me a very, very subtle sepia tint, but at least now, it is noticeable, and I can tell the difference between Sepia & B/W prints side by side. If I need a darker tint, I'll do it in PS and print using the Epson Color Mode. Again, many thanks for your help.

Jack