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Black and white photography problems

Dear Blurb community: 

I like what Blurb has to offer.  I have printed three books and the quality is good.  However, there is a problem I have that before giving up Blurb I wanted to explore all possibilities.  For whatever reason (well, color management issues, icc issues, etc), I am not able to get pure black and white images on my books.  I have tried a number of variations on photoshop, and nothing seems to work.  I get magenta cast, blue, cast, green cast, and a variety of different casts depending the light I using to look at my book.

 This is very frustrating to say the least.  If there is anybody in blurb (unfortunately the have not answer my questions) or a photographer that has a solution for this problem, I will very much appreciate your help.  

It will be so nice to be able to have a high quality print, black and white, in a book form.  I do not expect to get the quality I get on my gelatin silver or even the inkjet prints.  But I would like to get a appropriate tonality in my prints.  I guess, I am not the only one that has had this problem, but certainly Blurb will benefit significantly if they can help people like me to get it right once and for all.

 Thank you, this is my last chance.

Edgar Angelone

Hi Lee. Just wondering if you can help me. I am trying to find photos to include in my first book. Tried google and gettyimages, but all the pics are too low resolution. Do you have any suggestions as to where to find some free pics to add to my book?
 Thanks!
  Lori

Just a suggestion if you have PhotoShop CS2 or CS3 – Try using the saturation tool to take out all of the saturation under the master color.  This should pull out any color left in the pic.  Hope this helps.