Digital BW, The Print

I think the correct settings should be:  print space same as source,  
print resolution 1440x720 Highest quality (Don't use 1440x1440 - it  
floods too much ink on the paper).  The rest of your QTR settings look  
OK.

On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 04:12  AM, kiwikale wrote:

> I just tried using both QuadTone RIP 2.0 and Gimp 4.2.5 for the first  
> time with
> my Epson 2100 inkset. When I used Quadtone RIP my image came out
> extremely dark. So I then tested it with Gimp 4.2.5 (which I had to  
> download to
> install QuadTone) and the image came out very very light in tone vs  
> what I
> see in Photoshop. What am I doing wrong?
>
> My working space for the image in PS is Dot Gain 15. I am printing to
> Somerset Enhanced Velvet  paper. I am using the Epson matt black ink.  
> My
> print space is set to SP 2100 Watercolor - RW_MK. In Gimp (and  
> Quadtone)
> Printer Features the Basic Settings are set at Matt Paper (there is no
> watercolor in 4.2.5), 1440x1440 DPI Highest Quality, Photograph,  
> Adaptive
> Hybrid, 7 Color Photo. The Quadtone Settings are
> Quadtone RIP and I am using a curve which is simply a duplicated and
> renamed (printer to correspond with the printer list, profile name to  
> 2100-
> neutral) example curve provided by Roy (2200-neutral).
>
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