Digital BW, The Print

Hallo everybody,
I'm new on this group and hope you'll help me to start with B&W printing (which I also need to create digital negatives).
Yesterday I bought R300 printer with some cheap third party cartridges.
I printed Ink Separation Test Page from QTR and it was printed in grayscale only. I read QTR User Guide by Tom Moore, but I can not figure out where I do mistake. 
Second question is about black dye ink mixing. Where can I find some hints (like base mixing or dilution ratio) for 2, 3, or 4-tone black inks?

Best regards,
Marek

"Marek" <marek.piosik@...> wrote:
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> ...I bought R300 printer with some cheap third party cartridges.

> I printed Ink Separation Test Page from QTR and it was printed in grayscale only. 

I'm not sure what you mean here.  QTR does convert an RGB file to gray scale, as I understand it.  On the other hand, whatever is in the cartridges will be printed, so if there is color there it will be printed.  QTR, however, is a B&W rip, not intended for color work.

> Second question is about black dye ink mixing. Where can I find some hints (like base mixing or dilution ratio) for 2, 3, or 4-tone black inks?

See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/BW-Dye.pdf  

Note that the dyes and base I'm talking about there are Claria type dyes.  I have no idea whether the base formula there is appropriate for the dyes you're dealing with.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com