Digital BW, The Print

I think that you are on the good way even without QTR.

My 4000 B&W prints are constantly mistaken for darkroom prints by printing experts.  The 
tone in cold though, which I like.

I have little experience with QTR, though I did start the Yahoo QTR group.  I have only 
experimented with it a bit.  To date I can only say that it does seem to work in the sense of 
permitting a variety of different print tones.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jean-Marc Humbert" 
<humbertjm@y...> wrote:
> 
> A am ready to purchase a stylus 4000 (you know the price in Europe...), 
> for printing mostly B&W. My idea is to use the so well appreciated QTR 
> RIP.
> 
> Since I am living in France, there is no real exchange between 
> photographers as in the US and I never had a chance to look at a print 
> printed with such configuration (I mean on a 4000 or 2200/2100 with 
> QTR).
> 
> My previous configuration (what a hassle!) was an Epson 1160 with MIS 
> FSN, piezography plug in and permanent banding, cloggs and so one... As 
> a result I've stopped printing for more than one year. 
> 
> Do you think I am on the good way with the combination of a 4000 
> together with QTR and that I will be able to print A3/A2 pics with the 
> same quality as the ones I've painfully obtained with the Epson 1160 
> and the MIS inks (when it worked)?
> 
> Thank you for your help in getting me convinced that I am not again 
> making a stupid decision with at the end, a big frustration, because my 
> goal is to print pictures that I love and not to become a printer 
> guru...
> 
> JM Humbert
> Paris, France