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@Photoworks6x7 if you're referring to my reply, thanks. Might you consider marking it as 'correct' as that helps others with the same issue. Maybe @Conrad_C 's reply too.
I hope this helps
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Are you on macOS or Windows? On macOS (not sure if the following works the same in Windows), Advanced B&W may be unavailable unless you first make sure the following options are set correctly:
Print dialog box, Color Handling must be set to Printer Manages Colors, because Advanced B&W Photo is only made available by the Epson printer driver software, it is not a feature in Photoshop. Therefore the Epson printer driver, not Photoshop, must be given control over print color handling.
Print Settings button, Printer Options, Color Controls, Color Matching must be set to EPSON Color Controls (not ColorSync), again because Advanced B&W Photo is an Epson-specific color feature, not something Apple ColorSync can provide.
If those options are set correctly, then in Print Settings button, Printer Options, Printer Settings, Advanced B&W Photo will be available. On my Mac in the latest version of Photoshop, it is still there, as shown in the picture below.
If Advanced B&W Photo is still completely missing even if you look for those options, the way to a solution is to troubleshoot what is going on with the Epson printer driver. Again, that’s because the Advanced B&W option is not provided by Photoshop, it is put there by the Epson printer driver software.
On a Mac, if the AirPrint (basic consumer) version of an Epson printer driver is installed, many professional features such as Advanced B&W may be missing. Make sure you downloaded and installed the latest version of the Epson driver software that’s compatible with your specific printer and operating system version.
HI @Photoworks6x7 as @Conrad_C wrote "On a Mac, if the AirPrint (basic consumer) version of an Epson printer driver is installed, many professional features such as Advanced B&W may be missing"
Here are some tips
Epson / Mac: Add printer, AirPrint issue, here are some notes about Apple’s built in Airprint / Gimp Print / Gutenprint driver.
Best avoided. It can print quite differently from the manufacturer's own driver software.
Does the print driver look different? some options have changed?
Are media names the same as previous drivers you've used, e.g.. is 'Premium Luster Photo Paper' mentioned or are the media types just simplified names like matte or gloss?
You'll be aware, I'm sure, that the selected media name in the driver must match the selection made when printing ICC profiling patches, (so the ICC profile and media type selection are linked) . BUT is the media name selected previously actually there in the list?
IF the media names listed differ (and have been simplified) then you are perhaps inadvertently using Apple’s default Gimp/ Gutenprint driver rather than Epson’s own. It's not just a matter of installing Epson driver software, you have to select it too. I do know it's very important to use Epson's own driver software. I tripped over this myself on a client site, the driver looked different and I put it down to an OSX update imposed style - took a while to work that one out.
Here's an example of what I'd expect to see in an Epson driver for media name options:
Can you access print settings in an application other than Photoshop, try Preview?
If not, a thorough purge may be in order, perhaps install drivers (downloaded from Epson) again:
1. Delete all instances of Epson printers from
System Preferences / Printers & Scanners -or- System Preferences>Print & Fax, whichever you have.
2. Then go to /Library/Printers and trash the whole Epson folder.
3. Delete the Epson LFP Remote Panel (IF you are using that utility).
4. Then go to Epson online and download the printer drivers yourself.
Do not let the Mac install the printer driver for you.
There’s one more tripwire - in System Preferences / Printers - - - , when adding the connected printer
[i.e. click the padlock, enter your password and click the “+” button]
- watch out for the “Use" selection
- I recommend you do not select "Airprint" there under "use", but, rather, manually set "use” to the printer name, which will then call on the manufacturer’s own software rather than the default Apple driver (that’s apparently based on Gimp Print, which misses out some printing options such as specific manufacturer's media names).
Ted Landau wrote this about the issue:
I hope this helps
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@Conrad_C I tried your settings on my Mac (Ventura) Epson SC-P4900, Photoshop 25.5.1 - strangely Advanced B&W didn't show up
I started over, started by setting to Photoshop Manages Color, opened Print Settings, closed it -
then, back to Photoshop, set to Printer Manages Color - observed your other advice about the options in Color matching = Colorsync v Epson color controls. useful to know, mine reverts to Colorsync.
NowAdvanced B&W shows up, I've posted this wondering if it may help the original poster (after they have checked they don't have the Airprint driver) - maybe it just gets "stuck"
It looks a little different to your dialog (my older printer = older driver I guess)
In my case, Advanced B&W appears under the section "Color" rather than your "Print Mode"
Just reporting back on my testing, in case it helps
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@Conrad_C I tried your settings on my Mac (Ventura) Epson SC-P4900, Photoshop 25.5.1 - strangely Advanced B&W didn't show up
I started over, started by setting to Photoshop Manages Color, opened Print Settings, closed it - then, back to Photoshop, set to Printer Manages Color - observed your other advice about the options in Color matching = Colorsync v Epson color controls. useful to know, mine reverts to Colorsync.
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I have seen that odd behavior too…in that the Color Matching setting seems to keep self-switching over to ColorSync even if I swear I changed it to Epson Color Controls. It might be a bug somewhere. And it’s too bad for two reasons. Most of the time, you want Epson Color Controls (I’m not even sure when it’s better to select ColorSync), and also, when it gets switched to ColorSync that warning alert comes up and confuses people.
Are you on macOS or Windows? On macOS (not sure if the following works the same in Windows),
By @Conrad_C
For the record, it works the same way on Windows, but the Epson driver looks completely different.
The Advanced B&W settings are accessed by clicking the Advanced button next to Color Controls.
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