Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mbrouphy" 
<mbrouphy@...> wrote:
>
> Tom,  Do not panic.  There are fewer people on the list over the 
> weekends.  I'm sure Paul will respond at some point.  But, if you 
get 
> QTR you'll find it very user friendly.  I, too, have a 1280 using 
the 
> UT2 inkset which I will eventually convert to the EB6 inkset down 
the 
> road.  Right now I'm using QTR with the 1280 carbon profile as it 
> comes from QTR.  The best thing is that Photoshop is not needed.  
The 
> image editor you use need only be capable of saving your file or a 
> copy of your file as an 8-bit, grayscale, TIF file.  It handles the 
> rest itself.  You can download the QTR program for evaluation first 
> since it's shareware.  Purchasing it gets you unlimited upgrades 
and 
> support.  
> 
> Good Luck...Mike

Mike,
Thanks for the encouraging words.  In an email Paul had suggested
that I start by using the printer driver settings.  That is working 
quite well. However, I believe it can be much better. You have 
confirmed my feeling that I probably need to use QTR for best 
results. With color printing I use profiles which get things very
close and that eliminates a lot of test prints (unnecessary expense)
and it sounds like QTR would do that with B&W.  Appreciate you help.
Tom 
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