Digital BW, The Print

>   From: "Stephen Kobrin" <kobrins@...>
 >Subject: R800 and QTR
 >
 >I downloaded QTR today and made a number of prints with an R800.  I
 >should note that I was surprised how easy it was to install and use.

Agreed - I downloaded it just a couple of hours ago.

 >not sure if it is vertical banding that others have mentioned.  Using a
 >4x loupe it is almost as if you can see white spaces between the ink
 >drops.  Sorry that I can not do a better job of describing the output
 >techically.

 From what I can gather QTR is working in "black only" on the R800 as there 
is only one black ink - hence the coarseness in the highlights.  I'm only 
printing test wedges at the moment, my starting point for any new system, 
but with QTR the results are much coarser than using a custom ICC profile 
and all the inks.  They resemble "black only" printing on my 1160.  There 
is very noticeable banding as well which I don't get with the regular Epson 
driver.
 >
 >Again, as others have noted, at 2800 much too much ink is laid down.

Yes, the paper came out wet!

 >I would really like to see
 >profiles for a glossy Epson paper as that seems to be what the R800
 >does best.

Likewise - as the "Black Ink" selection is greyed out does this mean the 
correct black ink has to be specified in Curve Creator?  And how would the 
latter cope with the Glop?

Using custom ICC profiles my R800 produces good neutral prints although on 
some papers (notably Ilford Smooth Gloss) the metamerism is unacceptable - 
prints get quite warm in artificial light.  If I can tweak QTR to reduce 
metamerism without introducing the highlight coarseness then I'll be a 
happy bunny ...

Regards
Richard