Digital BW, The Print

john
for my nozzle checks i use the epson print utility, i
downloaded it off the epson sight sometime back. they
created this thing for system 10 some time back. it is
real handy. i am sure it is still on the epson sight
somewhere, i may have found it under the 2200 update
section.
right on
john e

--- john dean <deanwork2003@...> wrote:

> 
> No typo here. The Epson 1200 is one of the many
> printers supported by QTR. As a matter 
> of fact as I  am writing this I am printing a job
> that is turning out beautufully with it. 
> 
> Here is the story for me. I have it set up in OSX
> Panther ( yes!) with the standard QTR 
> driver. Since there are no QTR curves available for
> the 1200 and the other curves would 
> not load for me, I am converting the file to
> greyscale and using grey gamma 2.2 in place of 
> a profile. My only compaint so far, and Roy may be
> able help with this, is that I can't use 
> the nozzle check or head cleaning menu in the QTR
> with the 1200. So, I have to go over to 
> OS9 and my old Epson driver to do that.
> 
> You know my results look just like the screen using
> this unsophisticated procedure with 
> Hahnemuhle Photo Rag and Cone Piezzotone Carbon
> Sepia. I can't tell you what would 
> happen with UT inks, but my assumption is that if
> you have someone make a profile for 
> you it would work great. But even before you do that
> you could try my procedure and see 
> what the results are. I plan to have a more
> sophisticated profile made for my inkset and 
> media, but I'm telling you these prints look great
> with excellent d-max already. To me 
> they look as good as the 1280 prints I'm doing with
> the Selenium Tone inkset with the 
> Piezzo ICC profiles.
> 
>  One of the things with the 1200 is that the nozzle
> droplet size is a little larger than the 
> 1280 and more contemporary printers. I have been
> told that this cuts down on clogged 
> nozzles with the heavier carbon inks, and helps that
> kind of issue. We shall see. I got this 
> old priner years ago on ebay and it paid for itself
> the first job I did with it. It is something 
> that I've had a lot of fun with and now I'm going to
> set up a cfs with it. Why not?
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> Douglas Meeuwsen 
> <lipshurt@m...> wrote:
> > hmmmm.....did john dean make a typo here regarding
> the 1200 and QTR? I 
> > cant find any way to use the QTR with the1200. It
> would be great if i 
> > could use the 1200 with QTR. ......anyone?.....DM
> > On Oct 21, 2004, at 7:43 AM, john dean wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >  I also know that when printing out of QTR on my
> 1200 with Piezzotones 
> > > if I choose 2.2
> > >  gamma I get excellent results by just using
> that as my profile, even 
> > > without linearizaton or
> > >  a custom made ICC profile for that media ink
> combinaton. I assume the 
> > > difference is the
> > >  way the driver maps the tonal scale and thus
> where the ink is laid 
> > > down from a particuar
> > >  area of the scale. Right?
> > >
> > 
> > 
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