Digital BW, The Print

no, it's a 8 bit Grayscale image,  just checked.
 if it is pertinent, i'm running XP Pro, with an Epson 1280.

 would i be correct in assuming that the version of my Epson driver 
has NOTHING to do with QRT?? or even comes in to play?

 any help is appreciated. 

 evan
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" 
<roy@h...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm not sure which printer you are using.   The desktops i.e. 2200
> don't support 2880 correctly yet.  The pro printers 4000, x600 will
> run at 2880 but the builtin profiles are made for 1440.
> 
> The stretching of one dimension sounds like it might be a 16bit file
> issue rather than a resolution issue but I can't tell for sure.
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969" 
<evanj69@b...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > tonight i installed QTRgui version 2.1d. work very well and easy. 
> >  in PS CS, using a bitches brew of UT (FSN), EZN, and Epson 
> > UltraChrome lite Cyan (MIS equivalent) in my yellow chamber, i 
have 
> > been able to achieve the best results i have in the two years 
i've 
> > been doing this.
> >   the PS curves where quite slow in getting me there. QTRgui got 
me 
> > to "almost" the same place (little less smooth in the 
highlights / 
> > little less control over specific densities .... 60-70-80%), in 
about 
> > 15 minuets. i spent DAYS on those PS curves!
> > 
> > i didn't seem to have the problems with installation / printing 
that 
> > a lot here have.
> >  
> > the only problem i continue to run into is this ..... when 
printing 
> > anything with the resolution set to 1440 super or below, it come 
out 
> > fine. when i select 2880 dpi. it ALWAYS stretches the image 
height 
> > (not width) to approximately double the height as the actual file.
> > 
> > anyone had a similar problem? any thoughts as how to correct it?
> > 
> > evanj