Digital BW, The Print

Evan,

I wrote the user's manual for IJC/OPM.  Loved the interface for 
building curves, but the support was lacking and the user community 
small.  To the best of my knowledge, IJC/OPM doesn't even support the 
3800 after all this time.  I finally gave up.  

As Paul mentioned, QTR has more control, and more options for quality 
output.  I prefer the output from QTR, especially when using 2880 
dpi, unidirectional printing and the ordered algorithm.  Building 
curves with QTR does take some getting used to, but it's very 
effective once you get your arms around it.  Personally, I like using 
Plot Lists (Paul has lots of info on that at his site).  Another big 
plus is the HUGE user community, lots of shared profiles, and great 
support from Roy and others.  

Lou

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969" 
<evanj69@...> wrote:
>
> can anyone comment on this?
> 
>  I am looking at "possibly" purchasing an Epson 3800 as opposed to 
a 
> R2400. 
>  the only issues that concerns me are this, the 3800 has no 3rd 
party 
> carts available at this time and may never, AND QTR is the only 
> available option (aside from ABW and expensive RIP's) . 
>  
>  I have used both IJC/OPM and QTR, and find IJC to be easier to 
> manipulate. I could get my curves set very easily and PRECISELY 
with 
> IJC. I had much more trouble getting QTR where I wanted them.
>  I could get my curves set EXACTLY as I wanted them, due to the 
> graphical interface, and it functioning similar to Photoshop (or at 
> least the curve interface)
> 
> 
>  my question is: can QTR be manipulated to the same degree as IJC. 
> with IJC's interface, I could easily set my LM (or any color) to a 
> VERY specific level, and adjust any part of LM curve to a very fine 
> degree. I could adjust my LM/LC/ LLK (or whatever color or jet) 
with 
> great detail anywhere along that curve.
> 
>  I somewhat gave up on QTR at that time. probably due to the fact 
> that I tend to work more visually, and QTR causes you to think 
about 
> vs."see" what your doing.
>  don't misunderstand, I'm not criticizing QTR, I think it's a great 
> program, I just felt IJC offered more control of the ink values 
> across the entire range.
> 
>  am I mistaken on that issue? can QTR offer the same amount of 
> control but with more effort on my behalf????
>  if I can give me the control I had with IJC (not available for the 
> 3800), I very well might purchase one.
> 
>  I would appreciate anyone with experience with the two commenting.
> 
>  thanks to all
>  even
>