Printing black and white images on the Canon G550. Comparing the printer driver and custom icc profiles for B&W printing on fine art and lustre photo paper.

The G650 is the same printer (but with a scanner), In the US the 650 is the G620 Wireless MegaTank Photo Printer.

00:00 Start
00:35 Does the grey ink help?
01:20 Printer driver options
02:18 B&W print settings
03:47 Printers for better B&W
04:33 Test prints
05:10 The need for adjustment
06:00 A simple curve adjustment
07:16 Using a fine art paper
07:58 Print software
08:58 Print settings
10:02 Media settings
11:00 Printing and paper feeding
12:59 Looking at the print
14:57 How good is B&W on the G550

The test image is available via:
https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/test-image-for-black-and-white-printing/

For much more about B&W photography and printing, see the articles, reviews and videos at:
https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/digital-black-and-white-photography/

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