If you select Advanced B&W Photo as the Print Mode option, you can easily produce
neutral and toned black-and-white prints. Whether your photo is
color or grayscale, you can use this screening and color management
technology to create stunning black-and-white prints. Select any
Mode setting except ICM and then click Advanced and select any of the available
options. You can also use
Black
Enhanced Overcoat to print darker tones of black.
- Color Toning
- Adds tone (hue) to your black-and-white output. The default is
Neutral, which provides a neutral
tonal scale print. You can also choose other popular presets such
as Cool, Warm, and Sepia.
Note that the presets affect the target in the tone color
circle.
- Tone
- Changes the entire tonal scale of your black-and-white output.
While Darker is the default setting,
you may see better results if you choose Dark. The tone color circle adjusts the hue of
your black-and-white print. Click on any portion of the color wheel
or enter corresponding values to customize the tone (hue) to add to
your print. The closer you select to the edge of the wheel, the
more color you add.
- Brightness
- Adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of your image.
- Contrast
- Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of your
image.
- Shadow Tonality
- Controls tonality only in the shadow areas of your image.
- Highlight Tonality
- Controls tonality only in the highlight areas of your
image.
- Max Optical Density
- Adjusts the overall density or focus of the print. Create a
soft focus print by lowering the density setting.
- Highlight Point Shift
- Helps reduce gloss differential on glossy media by adding
density to the highlights of your image.