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Alter the Tone of Monochrome prints with Lyson inks

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Lyson Quad Black Inks

You do not need a profile for the Quad Black inkset. All you do is adjust the density of the image by using levels or curves in Photoshop.
The majority of our Quad black toneable customers tone their print using the colour controls in the Epson printer driver itself. This is achieved using the magenta slider to progressively increase the warm tone or progressively increasingly the cyan slider to adjust the cool tone.

The Settings we recommend for Lyson media are:

Resolution: 1440 DPI
High Speed: on
Media Setting: Water Colour Radiant White / Premium semi gloss photo Paper
Colour Controls: on (Mode: Photo realistic, Gamma: 2.2 (colour sliders all 0 except magenta and cyan which can be adjusted)

For more information on this subject see the documention below:

Download a Quad Black guide to creating adjustment layers and toning images in Photoshop.
Quad Black ink user guide ( PDF Document )

Download and install Quad Black Warm and Cool Tone adjustment layers and monitor profiles:

Zipped files for PC's Download here
Stuffed files for Apple MAC's Download here

Toning a MonoChrome Print with Lyson Small Gamut Inks

Using Photoshop (a full version or Photoshop Elements 2 or later ), go to Image > Adjustments then Desaturate. This removes all colour from the image.

To get a good neutral: Click: Image > Adjustments > Hue Saturation
Click "Colorize". Then dial in:
210 Hue
3 to 5 Saturation (try 3, 4 and 5)
0 Lightness

 To tone your print warmer dial in a low hue e.g. 25 then increase the saturation (starting from zero).
  To tone your print colder dial in a high hue e.g. 210 then increase the saturation (starting from zero).

To view more details on Lyson Small Gamut inks as well as a toning illustration please click here

If you are still experiencing difficulties you may need a custom profile. The recommended custom profiler for Small Gamut MonoChrome inks  is Udo Machiels, based in Sussex. Custom profiles are made over the Internet and post. The charge is £65 - £95. These will ensure ultimate accuracy, smooth tones and allow you to produce a neutral print to contact Udo please call   01342 300 839       .

Watch a instructive video on toning Small Gamut with Photoshop