Digital BW, The Print

Hi Roy,

It's good to know you're working on the R printers. 
Please see my comments below.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
<roy@h...> wrote:
> ...
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Nick H.
Nugent" 
> <nghin@p...> wrote:
> > ...

> The profiles were made for 1440x1440 and you need to
> use this res to get the 1.5pl drops. 1440super uses
> more like 3pl drops.

I'm not sure I understand this. The help file says
1440super is "Eight pass printing at 1440 dpi
(reduces the likelihood of banding)". So you use
larger droplets to achieve the samething?

> > 5. The black-only prints at any dpi on the R1800 is
> > very smooth. The dots are almost invisible. Toned
> > prints look even smoother and very pleasing.
> 
> Is that using the Epson driver?  I think it uses more
> inks which helps by more volume of ink but the
> trouble is is that they are color inks.

I'm talking about prints I made using the EEM cool
and sepia profiles in QRT.

> >Sofar my wishlist for the R1800 is ...
> 
> >All in the works (except the 5760dpi, I think that's
> >mostly hype).

Great. I wonder what Photo RPM mode is in the Epson
driver. It doesn't even give me any resolution
selection: Photo, Best Photo, Photo RPM, etc... Maybe
Photo RPM is not even 5760 like you said. Anyway,
2880 in QTR is already very good, just needs to be
a little faster, or maybe I need a machine with more
horse power.

> > Overall with the help of QTR the R1800 can really be
> > an all-in-one printer for both color and b/w works
> > and of course glossy and matte.
> 
> Maybe.

Well once the R1800 printer is fully supported by QTR
I really do think I can make all my prints with it.
Currently the 1160 is still my best printer for making
b/w prints.

--nick