Color management settings for B&W prints from HP 7960

[ben_crabtree]

I'm pretty happy with my new HP 7960, having bought it to use

exclusively for B&W prints, but have a couple of questions for the

more experienced users:

 

1) In the Photoshop print space profile, which do you chose? I've

tried 'same as source" (a little flat); "working gray-gray gamma

2.2" (OK); and "hp 7960-hp photo paper-8 ink" (very slow, and high

enough contrast that I would have to re-calibrate my monitor). What

have others found to be the best?

 

2) I get something of a bluish cast, even though I have used the

grayscale mode in Photoshop. How do I get rid of that?

 

3) I can't figure out why the ink in my 57 & 58 cartridges seem to

be dropping so much faster than that in the gray one (59). I have

them in place as 58-57-59, left to right. Is that correct?

 

4) When the #57 (tri-color) cartridge runs dry, do I need to replace

it, or can I just run with the 58 (photo cartridge) and 59 (gray

photo cartridge)?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Ben Crabtree

[joshua daniels]

Trying selecting the "print grayscale" option under the color tab. This will force the printer to use on the #59 cart, which is what you want for BW.

 

Ink level drops FAST on this printer, no matter what carts you use.

[stevierose]

Are you using a Mac or a Windows PC? If you are using a Mac here is the HP

explanation of the settings to use:

 

http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/document.jhtml?

reg=&plc=&lc=en&cc=us&prodId=hpphotosma305383&docName=c00034919&cat=

use

[jay_gondek]

Hi, here are some ideas:

 

1) The tone reproduction is about a gamma of 2.2, so gray gamma 2.2 should be about right. sRGB might be a little better, with gray the colorspace size won't matter. You may also want to turn off the consumer-oriented "Digital Photography" settings that can affect your tone reproduction, such as "Contrast Enhancement" and "Digital Flash".

 

2&3) Make sure you set your media type in the driver, and select "print in grayscale".

 

4) You should be able to print with just the gray cartridge in place for B&W only output. Physically take the color carts out of the printer if you want to try this. The printer will print in "reserve" mode, which means it will only use the available cartridge, which in this case will be the gray photo cart.

 

--Jay