Digital BW, The Print

Try it and see.

In the Epson driver, a lot more is changed than curves: ink type in particular (matte or 
photo), ink load, feed suction, etc.

and the curves don't change at all unless you are using printer color management (same as 
source in Print w/Previewe)

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wolfson" <rw@r...> 
wrote:
> Stephen, I know "media type" means "kind of paper." What I'm trying to
> find out is what -- if anything -- this setting actually does.
> 
> The Epson driver changes its ink curves based on the media type setting.
> But that shouldn't be happening here, since I select the curves I want
> in the Curves selection box.
> 
> What -- if anything -- changes in how the QuadTone RIP prints if I
> select, say, Matte Paper instead of Luster in the Media Type selector in
> QTR GUI, but don't change curves?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Billard [mailto:stephen@s...] 
> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:07 AM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [Digital BW] QTR Media Type setting
> > 
> > 
> > The kind of paper.
> > 
> > -Stephen
> >  www.sbillard.org/Stephen
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Wolfson [mailto:rw@r...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 6:06 AM
> > > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [Digital BW] QTR Media Type setting
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > In QTR GUI there is a Media panel with two drop-down
> > > selections: SOURCE and TYPE. 
> > > 
> > > SOURCE selects a paper path if a printer has more than one; it is 
> > > disabled otherwise. But what (if any?) effect does the TYPE setting 
> > > have?
> > > 
> > > Richard
> >