Digital BW, The Print

I have a similar setup to you, the difference is that I do not 
currently have a linux machine but a Mac running OSX. 
Have you, or anybody else found a way to print directly to QTR (via 
Gimprint) rather than saving the output from PS in windows to a 
shared file and them having to work on a second machine to output 
via QTR?
I have a second question which is, does QTR support printing to a 
ethernet connected printer? I have a small home network with several 
machines and would like to install my 2200 and 3000 as networked 
printers.
Last, but not least does anyone know anything about printing to a 
2200 via bluetooth, I have done a search on Epsons site and drawn a 
blank so far.
Thanks in advance.

Sierra Gold

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Sopher" <rlsopher@c...> wrote:
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: thecat6955082 [mailto:g.patrias@w...]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:44 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Epson 4000 and QTR
> 
> 
>   I have purchased a 4000 and hope to get in in January from
>   Inkjetart.  Meanwhile, I'm trying to get my ducks in line.  I
>   currenty have a XP system but am thinking  of adding a dual boot
>   Linux system so I can use Roy Harrington's QTR.  With 8 ink 
channels
>   (7 plus 1 spare)including Photo Black, Matt Black and Light 
Black it
>   appears ideal for use as both a color and BW (using the spare 
channel
>   as another black shade. I am assuming that Roy will support the 
4000
>   in the near future (I hope).
> 
>   Have got a bunch of questions:
>        1.  Which is the best Linux distrubution?
> 
>   So far as QTR2 is concerned the only disto that I have had 
trouble with is
> Mandrake. RedHat is straight forward but is a bit in limbo at the 
present
> time unless you want to cough up the bucks for the commercial 
(enterprise)
> version. I have used SuSE with no real problems and others have 
used
> variations based on Debian such as Gentoo.
> 
>        2.  Will there be a Linux gimp print driver for the 4000?
> 
>   I would suspect that it make take some time before a gomp-print 
driver is
> available for the 4000 but just how long is problematic. What will 
be needed
> is a QTR driver for the 4000 and that is separate and distinct 
from the
> gimp-print drivers that come with a Linux distro.
> 
>        3.  Can I upgrade XP Photoshop 7 to Linux Photoshop CS or 
do I
>   have to buy a new Linus PS?
> 
>   So far as I know there is no Linux version of Photoshop and I 
don't think
> the windows version will work under one of the emulators such as 
wine. The
> Gimp has many of Photoshop's features but is not yet in the same 
league as a
> photo editor.
> 
> 
>        4.  Does what I'm thinking make sense to for a dual BW/color
>   workflow?
> 
>   I do my editing in Photoshop on a windows machine, store the 
image in a
> shared file and print from Linux using QTR. I have Linux in a 
separate box
> that is on my home LAN. Sounds much worse than it really is.
> 
>        5.  What problems can I anticipate?
> 
>   If you are not a Unix or Linux buff there will be a learning 
curve but it
> isn't particularly formidable.  My WAG is that the major problem 
is going to
> be how long it takes for Roy to produce a QTR PPD for the 4000.  I 
am
> interested in the 4000 but have shied away until more is known 
about it and
> until the needed support has emerged.
> 
>   I would bet that the commercial rip vendors will have support 
for the 4000
> fairly early on but at a price.
> 
>   By the way I have about 50 years darkroom experience and 40 years
>   with computer so I think I can handle a reasonable challange but 
do
>   not want to spend a lot of time to get a working system debugged 
so
>   if this approach does not make sense I would like to know.
> 
>   Thanks
> 
>   George P
> 
>    Roger
> 
> 
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