I am getting great black & white prints from my i9950, without a lot of messing about with adjustments either ! I am an amateur photographer who has been doing darkroom monochrome work for about 40 years. I recently bought a film scanner and a Canon i9950 and I am delighted with the results scanned from my b & w negatives and Kodachrome transparences. To print my scanned B & W negs, I am using the following procedure, using Ilford Galerie Classic Pearl paper:
1. After scanning, in Photoshop convert the image from grayscale to RGB
2. In Color Variations, I subtract the minimum amount (slider at the left) of blue, two to three times, and add the minimum amount of red two to three times. On my monitor this gives the picture a distinct sepia tone, however it doesn't print that way.
3. I then print the image using the following printer settings:
a. Set printer driver to use Photo Paper Plus Glossy
b. Set the color setting from Auto to Manual, and
c. Set intensity to -5, but leave other sliders alone.
This results in an image that has some warmth (not unlike the Agfa Portriga-Rapid papers I used to use some years ago.)
Is the Canon bubblejet I9950 printer good for B/W ?
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I am getting great black & white prints from my i9950, without a lot of messing about with adjustments either ! I am an amateur photographer who has been doing darkroom monochrome work for about 40 years. I recently bought a film scanner and a Canon i9950 and I am delighted with the results scanned from my b & w negatives and Kodachrome transparences. To print my scanned B & W negs, I am using the following procedure, using Ilford Galerie Classic Pearl paper:
1. After scanning, in Photoshop convert the image from grayscale to RGB
2. In Color Variations, I subtract the minimum amount (slider at the left) of blue, two to three times, and add the minimum amount of red two to three times. On my monitor this gives the picture a distinct sepia tone, however it doesn't print that way.
3. I then print the image using the following printer settings:
a. Set printer driver to use Photo Paper Plus Glossy
b. Set the color setting from Auto to Manual, and
c. Set intensity to -5, but leave other sliders alone.
This results in an image that has some warmth (not unlike the Agfa Portriga-Rapid papers I used to use some years ago.)
Hope this helps someone.