Digital BW, The Print

Are there any inks that don't bronze on the RC papers?  If so are 
there any .quad profiles for the 2200 running on windows?

Thanks,

Edwin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
<scho@m...> wrote:
> Answers to some of your questions:
> 1) Use the OFB profiles for your RC papers, assuming you have the 
Photo 
> black ink installed in your 2200.
> 2) Don't know how you handle this with the PC version, but I find 
that 
> no special paper feed instructions are necessary with the OS X 
version 
> (printing from Photoshop) - just load the paper manually in the 
rear 
> feed slot and print as usual.
> 3) I have profiles for Epson Premium Semigloss that were made under 
OS 
> X, but I think the .quad files should work fine with QTRPC as well 
> since all of the other profiles you have were also made using 
QTROSX.  
> Send me an email if you want to try them.  You should be aware that 
the 
> Epson UC inks bronze quite badly on all of the RC papers, 
particularly 
> when printing B&W.  You can eliminate some of this by spraying the 
> prints later with PremierArt PrintShield.  I also have a neutral 
> profile for printing on RC papers that uses only the LK, LC, and LM 
> inks (no black ink used) so you could keep the matte black loaded 
for 
> printing to matte papers and not have to switch to Photo black for 
> printing to RC papers.  You won't get as high a dmax with this "no 
> black ink" profile, but for most images it works OK (dmax about 
1.77 on 
> semimatte and luster).
> 4) Can't help you with this one.
> 5) No.  The cool profiles use K, LK, LC, and LM only.  The warm 
> profiles use K and LK only.  Sepia uses K, LK, LM, and Y.  
Generally 
> the amounts of the "toner" inks (LM, LC, and Y) used are quite 
small - 
> hence no metamerism.
> 
> On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 10:11  AM, Beau wrote:
> 
> > Hello All,
> >
> > This is my first posting to the group - thanks for being there! 
After 
> > Roy was kind enough to help me with a glitch (my fault!) I 
finally got 
> > QTR for Windoze to print for me and I'm impressed! I used Epson 
> > Enhanced Matte paper and the print is as neutral as Switzerland! 
Roy 
> > did a great job. Since he's out of town for a week, I thought I 
might 
> > run a few questions by the group if I may.
> >
> > 1) I'm one of those weird people who like to print B&W on glossy 
paper 
> > (I like how the blacks look) and there's obviously no profile for 
> > Epson's PGP. Is it inadviseable to use the EM profile but stick 
glossy 
> > paper in the printer? Might I experience a meltdown and catch my 
hair 
> > on fire?
> >
> > 2) I'm fuzzy on how one might use larger paper sizes loaded from 
the 
> > manual slot behind the printer. When using Epson's driver, I have 
to 
> > tell it to pull the paper from the rear, and while I see in the 
batch 
> > file QTR supports bigger paper sizes, I can't see where to tell 
it to 
> > pull that paper from the manual feed slot in the back of the 
printer.
> >
> > 3)  Probably only Roy could answer this, but is support for 
either of 
> > Epson's Semi-gloss or Premium Lustre papers in the works?
> >
> > 4) I tried using the QTR GUI this morning too and it almost 
worked! 
> > The printer only printed about 3/4ths of the print though and 
stopped.
> >
> > 5) Does QTR use all of the Epson inks to get such a neutral print?
> >
> > Finally a last observation. A couple of month's ago, due to the 
2200's 
> > less than stellar B&W performance with Epson drivers, I bought an 
HP 
> > 7960 printer and was totally blown away by the B&W prints. Even 
though 
> > QTR seems to perform as "advertised", I still prefer the HP 
prints. I 
> > suspect that's a paper issue for me though and not the fault of 
QTR. 
> > To me, the HP papers look better than Epson's Enhanced Matte 
paper. 
> > HP's "matte" looks more like Epson's Premium Luster to me, and 
HP's 
> > "pro" glossy papers just look amazing. Again, I suspect this is 
> > perhaps just a personal preference thing - some may like Enhance 
> > Matte, but I'm just not a big fan - I find the tonal gradations 
of the 
> > HP/Glossy combination look better to my eye and thus my question 
about 
> > using different papers with QTR.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions/comments. Ol' Roy deserves 
a 
> > medal! ;-)
> >
> > beau :)