Digital BW, The Print

Edward,

One last afterthought to my last reply -- if you want to try 
ImagePrint you can download a demo from their Website. You can see 
how easily it installs for you (or not) and can get a sense of their 
output on your 2200 with UltraChromes. 

I say "a sense" of the output because it will print a big "DEMO" 
watermark all across your print, and calling it a "watermark" is 
generous because it's actually pretty hard to see what you've got 
behind the white "DEMO" markings.

Still, it will let you sample the documentation, setup and to some 
degree, the output...

All the best,
Richard

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mastedward" 
<mastedward@y...> wrote:
> 
> I must say that it is a bit frustrating to read about the wonderful 
> results so many get using QuadToneRIP and not being able to use it 
> myself.  In the intro to his tutorial, Tom Moore says that he does 
not 
> address all aspects of QuadToneRip, followed by "A broader tutorial 
> would be useful, but since QuadToneRIP has been in such wide 
> use . . .for a number of months. . .the need is not urgent."  Well, 
I 
> would have to disagree.  For the person new to QuadTone and more 
> experienced with analog photography than with computers, the need 
for a 
> a basic step-by-step tutorial is urgent.  Would that someone would 
> write one.  Until then, I shall continue with MIS inks and try to 
find 
> out more about ImagePrint.  With thanks for your response,  
Edward     -
> -- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wharfwalker" 
> <jswhite@f...> wrote:
> > 
> > Edward, I had only an average experience with MIS, over a year 
ago 
> now 
> > so it may be much better. Then piezography was a money pit partly 
> > because of the problems with 1290 printers but still a lot of 
messing 
> > about for very little wow. Then I got QTR for Windows and it 
> continues 
> > to amaze me printing better b&w in a range of controlable and 
> > repeatable tones from a colour inkset (Epson 4000) which allows 
the 
> > printer to print colour as well. I printed an amazing 73 x 17 
inch 
> > panorama in rich sepia last week. The Epson driver and profiles 
will 
> > not print sepia on matte paper without a lot of posterization. 
Other 
> > solutions, which I have not tried cost thousands. After two years 
of 
> > experimenting and spending a lot of time and money, I am not 
going to 
> > retire from the laboratory and print some photographs. 
> > My advice is, don't give up on QTR.
> > John