Digital BW, The Print

FYI: I am currently running GIMP 4.2.5 as per QTR recommendations - should I be 
considering GIMP 4.3.18? Could the darkness I am experiencing with QTR on the 
9600 be attributed to GIMP?

mjs

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "J Michael Sullivan" 
<michael@h...> wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> I have QTR working splendidly with my Epson 2200 and OSX. Wasn't
> too hard to figure out the naming convention of the printer and the
> text files that drive them. Love the color!!! Now just need a simple 
> way to create curves beyond just "warm" and "neutral".
> 
> However, getting QTR to work with my 9600 has been something else...
> 
> Note that I *AM* able to print to the 9600 from both GIMP and
> QTR. So I have proved that the GIMP part of it actually  works. The
> issue I am having is that I started out copuying the 2200 curve, renamed 
> it, built it, and thought that the print coming out of the  9600 would be 
> "close" since the inks used between the 2200 and the 9600 are  
> essentially the same. I can report that if you do what I did -- make
> a copy of the 2200-warm curve, rename the printer to match your 9600,
> build and  add the curves.  When you go to print what you will get 
> is an EXTREMELY dark image.
> 
> So my question is: has anyone had any success at all with the
> 7600/9600 curves?  Could it be that I have overlooked something
> simple? For example, I further edited my new 9600-warm curve with
> a Gamma=1.5 and re-built it and re-printed it with no change at all.
> Does that make sense?
> 
> Thanx
> MJS