Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, FRD <f.dz@...> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone. This looks exactly like the group I've been looking for.
> 
> I just got an EPSON 2400 and am wondering if 3rd Party RIPs such as
> ImagePrint or QTR are necessary or if the existing drivers are
sufficient.
> 
> I have a ton of questions so I appreciate everyone's help and patience.

I've had my R2400 since January, using OEM inks. It's a great printer.
The canned profiles from Epson are pretty good if you're using their
paper, and some of the 3rd party paper manufacturers have profiles of
varying quality that you can download. I prefer using custom profiles
though; for color work this gives me extremely consistent results and
even the B/W prints are pretty good although I've found the results
are even better when using QuadTone RIP for the B/W images.

I'd suggest giving Quadtone RIP a try, it's shareware so it won't cost
you anything and you can keep using the original inks. QTR ships with
support for two papers with the 2400: Ilford Smooth Pearl and Epson
Enhanced Matte. I recently posted profiles for Hanhnemuhle Photo Rag
in the QTR Yahoo group, and will soon be posting profiles for Innova
F-Type Gloss.