Good graphics for black and white books?

Can anyone suggest a website where I can get good compostion ideas for black and white work, layouts for books? Actually I’m working on a book on house designs so would like to get ideas for visual layouts for the same, captions, blow-ups etc.The book would have 3d sketchup model views of different types of house designs.

Maybe a library or bookstore would be a better source, since you're designing a book.

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35MM Camera for Black and White Photography.

What are good 35MM Cameras for black and white photography?

Pretty much any Canon, Nikon or Pentax old school film SLR should give what you want. I still have my old Canon AE-1 from 1982 and its still fully functional. Problem locally getting my hands on film now and developing is getting $$$ here.
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Cant find settings for black and white prints using konica minolta bizhub 280 printer

I am having difficulty finding where to set our network Konica Minolta bizhub C280 printer to print black and white instead of colour from my macbook pro with OSX 10.8.2. I dont want to change the default printer settings, just change individual document print settings. Can anyone please assist me as to where and how to do this?

"How about under "Default Settings"? Is there a option for B&W printing?"
No there isn't.

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I have no problem setting up my printer to print black and white only using my pc, but am having difficulty setting the default for the printer on my OSX 10.5.2. I've read the posts and can't locate where this setting is done. I even removed the printer and tried readding it without any success. So, how do I set my HP Officejet to print in black and white as a default and allow me to print in color when needed?

You could use the built-in presets facility to make a b&w setting and a color setting. Then when you print, you simply select the appropriate preset. Also, the last preset that you use will be the default next time you print, so this can also help speed up your printing.
Reply if you need instructions for creating presets.
One final point. Some applications, such as MS Office, have a 'Print One Copy' printer icon in the toolbar. When you use this shortcut, the print dialog is not opened - the file simply prints. For these types of application, the preset is not used so that job will print in color if that is the default printer function. But you can change the toolbar icon function so that it opens the print dialog instead of just printing. Again, if you need instruction then please reply.
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Best scanner settings for black and white text only

I need to scan a lot of older text documents, I have a DRG 1100 scanner. what are the best settings for text only black and white, thanks

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No there isn't.

Cutting for black and white photo.

I am VERY new to this elements 6.0 . I am trying to convert color photo of a face but want to keep the eyes blue but can replace only one eye in the photo. Can anyone help me!!!!! Please!!!

Christa,
It's not really clear what you are trying to do. I'm guessing you want to convert a color picture to black & white but retain the color eyes. If so, here is one way:
1. Add a Hue/Saturation layer and move the Saturation slider all the way left to remove all color.
2. Set the foreground/background colors to their default black & white values.
3. Zoom way in to enlarge the eyes. With the Brush tool paint with black to reveal the color, with white to remove excess color. Type "x" to toggle between the black and white.
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1nPgWHZtHdEQp9XjNkVZqn37tfJf0
If that is not what you want to do, please explain further and what steps you took that you could do only one eye.

For black and white images in technical manuals, which format do you prefer?

So, I'm new at this company, and the person who is training me uses the EMF format for the images on the manuals.
Do you think a PNG file would be a better option for illustrations?

> ... 90% of the manuals are digital (burned into a CD)
Presumably as PDFs, which the ends users then either view on line or print locally?
> ... and 10% are printed in grayscale.
On what type of press?
You probably want the images optimized for on-line viewing.
In the case of line art, this means staying in vector form, so that it scales cleanly, and using a stroke weight that is optimized for typical resolutions and convenience printing.
In the case of raster art, this means having enough resolution to maintain detail at reasonable zoom, and on convenience printers.
For vector, we normalize stroke weights to about 0.2 point, save as EPS and import the EPS. On Frame versions later than 7.x, PDF import might also be stable, and preserves vector as vector. SVG I haven't tested.
For raster contone (grayscale or color), avoid JPEG in the workflow. It is lossy and introduces artifacts. Never use it for screen shots or scans. Even if your camera image is JPG, convert it to an uncompressed form during edit and post-processing, such as PSD. Our target delivery resolution for contone is 200 dpi. This is slightly more than our press can resolve, but provides a bit of zoom for PDF viewing. We save the final images as EPS, and import those. TIF is also OK for this application (uncompressed). We select the compression level during PDF generation.
For bitmap images, again avoid JPG. We optimize these for 600 dpi (our press resolution), save and import them as TIF (EPS is really clumsy for bitmap).
EPS is a bit annoying to work with in Frame, as what you see during edit is a thumbnail or preview (72 dpi), but what renders to Ps or PDF is original vector or full raster. But EPS is fast, rock solid, and (if you need it) can preserve original CMYK color into the Ps or PDF.

Black and white printing using Gutenprint

My HP printer has no drivers in SL, but I can print using Gutenprint.
The Gutenprint FAQ says
For most users, the work-around is to set the Color Model setting to Grayscale. This is not the same as printing in black and white only, but it may give you what you want.
For those users who must use black and white only, the good news is that the Quartz Filter for Black and White still exists. It's just not tied into the print window. The easiest way to use the Black and White option is as follows:
Go to print the document. Use the item "Open PDF in Preview" item under the PDF Services drop down menu at the bottom left of the print window.
When the document appears in Preview, choose Save As... from the File menu.
You can either change the name or use the Replace option when prompted. Select the output format as PDF and use the Quartz Filter to select "Black and White".
Make sure you have the name and location to save the document as you want it. Click the Save button.
The resulting document will be in Black and White and you can print it normally.
I can guess what this means, but I am not certain, so I would be glad if someone has a definitive answer.
My guess is that Grayscale usually prints using the colour cartridge, but that following this procedure lets one print using the black cartridge only.
This is an important issue. Given the cost of colour cartridges, I only want to use them when I need colour, not for plain text.
I would also be interested to know the difference between the two colour modes available, labelled Color and CMYK, but this isn't so important.

Welcome to the Apple Discussion boards.
The product brochure for the DP-C213 shows that PostScript is an optional add on. Are you sure that you have the PostScript module installed? Without the optional PostScript module, you will only get the raw PostScript code when you use the PostScript driver.
The Gutenprint generic PCL drivers do not print color. They are grayscale only.
The product brochure for the DP-C213 does show that it comes standard with the PCL 6 printer module. The best color driver would be the pxlmono/pxlcolor driver. You can download all you need from http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/pxlmon o. You will need to install three packages. The pxlmono, Foomatic-RIP, and the Ghostscript package.
Now for the confusing part. When you go to set up the printer use the *"Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor (recommended)"* driver. That will give you color printing. The OpenPrinting database is in error and only shows your printer to be a grayscale printer, so you *do not* want to choose the "Panasonic DP-C213 Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended)" driver. That driver will only produce grayscale printing.
EDIT: The URL for the product brochure is ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/pub/Panasonic/business/office/brochures/DP-C213_Brochure .pdf
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Trouble printing black and white

Friends,
I'm trying to print black and white on an imac i7, snow leopard, hp premium plus all in one (309g) printer. The prints have a slight purple cast. It is highly noticeable when the prints are placed next to older black and whites printed with an HP 8450. I print out of Aperture normally, but I'm having the same problem printing from preview. I use hp paper and inks, and the hp printer profiles.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Steve

On 28 Apr 2010 Steve wrote:
Odd solution
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 7:56 PM
I used all current profiles for the printer. However, I just tried something different:
I turned off colorsync and let the printer manage the colors. I got a MUCH BETTER
black and white rendition. Who woulda thunk it -- all this effort to manage colors,
and the printer does a better job than we do. Go figger.
Thanks for your help.
Steve
You have the right idea, at least in some respects. The trouble with Apple's color managements system and pretty much all graphics programs these days is that those who coded them haven't got a foggy idea about black and white nor even grayscale. For instance the color filter for "black and white" is not true black and white, it is RGB gray; in other words it is using three colors to produce gray (or black) and that is just not the same. RGB gray images are still 24-bit images whereas true grayscale is 8-bit and true black and white is 1-bit. True black and white images can be very high resolution yet be very small files because of the phenomenal compression that's possible. Only those of use who actually work(ed) with black and white film and black & white ink on presses truly understand black and white color. Which is unfortunate because RGB gray is so poor and the files are just HUGE!
I've encountered the same problem, and am trying to solve it also. Perhaps I can find a profile for true black and white. Or create one? For instance, as I mentioned above, Preview has a filter for black and white, (but only to save a pdf file) and if you then save the pdf file as a TIF via that black & white filter and then load the resulting image into a program that's actually capable of black and white, you will find that the file it created is actually RGB gray (24-bit) - it LOOKS gray but it's not. Whereas if you load a true black and white image into Preview (Preview unfortunately has no means of creating true black and white, nor even to convert back to color) then you will discover that now you have the option to save as 1-bit or 8-bit gray (1-bit being true black and white with no shades of gray and 8-bit being grayscale with 256 shades of gray i.e. 0 to 255).
So while PAHU writes...
Black and white printing of photos (aka grayscale printing) uses other colours,
not just black, to make grays. If you can see a purple cast, this could be a result
of the magenta not printing in the correct spot or being too prominent in the print.
...that is correct insofar as what printers/programs typically are doing with the given color profiles, but it is not correct. Grayscale should NOT use other colors; grayscale should use only black (which is also more economical). By turning off colorsync you likely enabled the printer's color management system to take over and print true grayscale (black ink only).
So I don't yet have a solution, but I do agree that you've touched on a glaring deficiency in Mac OS color management and probably a great many graphic programs today, and likely the same goes for many printers.

Set default fax to black and white

I have been sending faxes by sending doc files to print and selecting the Officejet fax as my printer option.
Annoyingly, it keeps reverting to "send color" . I would like to set "sending black and white faxes" as the default.
How can I set the default to Black and white?
I cannot find, in the manual, any reference to setting the default.
Thanks for any insight--even a page number in the manual would be helpful.

Hi @deepthinker,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I noticed that you are trying to set default fax to black and white instead of color with your HP Officejet 5610 on Windows 8.1 (64-bit). I am happy to look into this for you!
I would recommend to open your HP Solution Center (should be a printer icon on your desktop.) Then click on Settings, then click on Printer Settings, click on the Features tab at the top of the screen, look for the Color Options section near bottom left, and click on Print in grayscale, click the down arrow on High Quality, and select Black Ink Only.
Here is an image of what I am seeing.
If that doesn't work try the following:
Open the HP Solution Center, select Send A Fax, and then look for Black and White only.
Here is another image to illustrate.
Hope this information helps, and have a good day!
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Black and White Tips

Hey,
I'm going to be shooting a short film with my Canon HV20 in 24p/ black and white. I've gathered that it's best to shoot in color and then apply black and white filter in post. I've also gathered that lighting is crucial.
1. Does anyone know of some good literature or video that educates on the art of lighting HDV for black and white?
2. Is there something else that I should be prepared for?
thanks,
Trey

If your final product is going to be B&W then I suggest you shoot B&W.
Lighting for B&W is different than Color for starters. Not sure if your HV20 can do this or not, but if it can go for it.
Here is one person's approach for a stylized B&W shoot for HDV
http://www.hdvinfo.net/articles/sonyhdrfx1/fordhamhhd1.php

HOW TO PRINT BLACK AND WHITE ON HP PHOTOSMART 7510 USING MAC?

HAVING SOME PROBLEM TO PRINT BLACK AND WHITE WITH MY HP PHOTOSMART 7510. SPENDING MONEY BUYING EXPENSIVE COLOR INK BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO TO PRINT JUST BLACK AND WHITE PLEASE. I HABE A MAC OS X 10.10.4 THANK YOU.

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Black and white prining

I need to be able to force color documents to print in black and white. I was able to create a custom filter in colorsync under 10.4 and access in the print dialog box. In Leopard 10.5.2 I cannot access any filters in the print dialog box only profiles. Is there any way to access custom made filters under Leopard?

The Quartz Filter entry under ColorSync (now Color Management) is not present in OS X 10.5.x (Leopard). This was a feature that Apple provided in previous versions of Mac OS X.
The good news is that the Quartz Filter for Black and White still exists. It's just not tied into the print window. The easiest way to use the Black and White option is as follows:
1. Go to print the document. Use the item "Open PDF in Preview" item under the PDF Services drop down menu at the bottom left of the print window.
2. When the document appears in Preview, choose Save As... from the File menu.
3. You can either change the name or use the Replace option when prompted. Select the output format as PDF and use the Quartz Filter to select "Black and White".
4. Make sure you have the name and location to save the document as you want it. Click the Save button.
The resulting document will be in Black and White and you can print it normally.
Matt

When i try to print in black and white, my picture is flooded with blue ink

hi! I made sure all the printing settings were correct. I did a clean of the heads and made sure the inks were all full. I set the printer to print six by four inches and used hp advanced photo paper. I set the print to grey scale, as there is no settings for black and white.
when the picture came through, it started grey scale and further down the picture was flooded with blue ink. I have a all in one printer fax C309 series. can anyone help me please?
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This seems like the printhead may have a problem. Lets go to printing preferences for the printer(these may already be set this way if so let us know). In this window on the left column of printing shortcuts lets choose Fast/Economical and set Print in Grayscale on the right to "Black ink only". If your setting was set to high quality try printing again. If you were already set to "Black ink only" under the Grayscale option the printer may require servicing.
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Printing in Black and White problem

Everytime I want to print in black and white I choose that option, click ok, then print. The paper still comes out in color. This happens on my work computer and my home computer. I know it is not the printer because I can print word documents and websites in black and white. Only pdf files refuse to print in black and white. I have 200 pages I need to print for work that does not have to be in color and I don't want to waste my ink. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this problem? Thanks.

You should make sure that anything on your interior pages is black and white, never trust someone else to convert things to B&W for you. If you are using a master page for the page numbers, that should be black and white too. You can have two master pages, one for color page numbers and one for black and white page numbers.
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