• Epson 3000 printer(with and without Epson Stylus RIP 8.3.1 and PS driver  3.30) 
• Photoshop 5.0.2, ColorSync 2.5.1, 
• 32 bit scanner
• PowerMacintosh with OS 8.1 or a PC Computer
• MIS Quadtone Inkset; and
• Sommerset Velvet paper. 

Procedure, with Standard Driver 
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1. Color setup for Photoshop

• Click on...  File |  Color Settings |  CMYK set up | Built in |  SWOP  coated  | 20% dot gain | UCR 2. 

3. Convert to RGB or CMYK(perhaps CMYK gives a bit better black, but the file size is larger). 

4. Print using the Standard Epson Driver: 

• Printer Color Management On (it doesn't seem to make much difference on or off) 
• 1400 dpi Photo Glossy Paper setting
• Error Diffusion and Supermicroweave 

2. In the Stylus RIP Print>Options dialog box these are your settings:

• Media(Quality):  PQ Glossy 1440dpi 
• Ink:  CMYK 
• Space:  Epson Stylus RIP Photo Quality 1440 dpi 
• Press Simulation:  Off 
• In the Stylus RIP Print dialog: 
• Space:    Epson Stylus PIP Photo Quality 1440dpi 
• PostScript Color Management Off 3. 

Remarks: Prints WYSIWIG, but may need some slight brightness tweaking. 
 

Epson 3000 Settings and Sliders 
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Now, a short note on the effect of using different settings and slider values. My normal setup as control was: 

• Epson Color Stylus 3000
• Quadtone inks
• Sommerset Velvet paper
• ICC Epson Color Stylus1440 Photo Glossy Paper
• Color
• Error Diffusion
• Photo Realistic setting
• Epson Color Management on
• null mode on all sliders. 

Results with Normal Setup
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At the above settings I got a well printed scale, solid black for both Zones 0 and I, Some tonality in Zone II, detail in Zones III-Vii, some tonality in VIII and IX as pure paper base white. 
 
 

Results at various other settings
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• Automatic Setting - so close to Photo Realistic as to be indistinguishable. 

• Vivid Setting -Darker shadows by 1 Zone. Zone V-VII are darker by about 1/3 of a Zone. 

• No Color Adjustment - Darkens Zones O,I,II,III and IV by a very slight amount, say 1/4 to 1/3 Zone. No effect on Zones V-VIII. 

• Brightness - At +25 only the light values are affected, and in a peculiar way - Zones VII and VIII are clipped, and VI is lightened only slightly ( I would call this an equivalent of N+1). At +12 Zones VI and VII are lightened by about 1/2 Zone and VIII is clipped.  At -12 only the low Zones 0-IV are darkened by 1 Zone; lights are unaffected. At -25 all the low Zones are darkened by about 1 1/2 Zones, V is darkened slightly and the higher Zones are unaffected. 

• Contrast - The Contrast slider keeps Zone V the same from +25 to -25 and reduces or expands both high and low ends. At +25 Zones I-III are black, Zone VIII is white and Zone VII looks like Zone VIII.  At +12 there appears to be only a slightly, say 1/4 to 1/3 Zone darkening in the deepest Zones and a similar lightening in the very high Zones. At -12 there is only the slightest reduction from normal in the overall contrast, less than 1/3 stop overall. At -25 Zone II is noticably lighter by about 1/3 Zone, but Zone III looks more like a normal Zone IV, and Zone IV is lightened only about 1/3 stop. V is just a tad lighter. All the higher Zones are lighter by no more than 1/3 Zone. Maybe -25 is the equivalent of an N-1. 

• Saturation - shows no visible change in Zone Scale from +25 to -25. It seems, though, that at +25 the tones "felt" smoother to me.