My method was to use Studio Print which gave very sharp and very smooth results. Roy did have a work around for QTR that worked and I was able to make that work also. I believe he was basing it on the Epson 9500 driver. I just can't remember. You could ask him through the QTR yahoo forum. But it was supported.
I bet Ebony 6 would work well in that printer. With what I was doing with it I never had to even do a nozzle check. It was always totally clear as long as my head lasted.
I miss that old printer, and probably should have replaced the head in it myself and kept it. But I ended up giving it and two 9600s away for free when I upgraded.
John
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