Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mastedward" <mastedward@y...> wrote:
> 
> I am reading Tom Moore's tutorial on making curves for QuadToneRIP.  
> One of the first steps is to print an ink Seperation Test Page.  Having 
> selected the Options/Calibration mode as directed, and set the 
> calibration slider all the way to the left (100) and clicking the print 
> button, my Epson 2200 prints the Ink Pattern Page but using 
> (apparently) only black and magenta inks. Ink 1 prints its step pattern 
> in shades of light blue to dark purple.  Ink 2 is the same but lighter. 
> Inks 3 to 7 all look much the same; white to dark red (magenta?).  Not 
> at all what is illustrated in the tutorial.  Any ideas what the reason 
> for this is??  Thanks,  Edward

That sounds like you're not actually getting QTR to run in calibration mode. Either you've got an old version (in which case, you really need to upgrade to the latest, or you've got the dreaded "mixed installation". Sometimes, when you install a new QTR over an older one, bits and pieces of teh old program hang around, mucking up the works.

Download QTRcleanout, run it, and it will decontaminate the old QTR versions, so your new QTR installation should be "pure".