I have a similar setup to you, the difference is that I do not
currently have a linux machine but a Mac running OSX.
Have you, or anybody else found a way to print directly to QTR (via
Gimprint) rather than saving the output from PS in windows to a
shared file and them having to work on a second machine to output
via QTR?
I have a second question which is, does QTR support printing to a
ethernet connected printer? I have a small home network with several
machines and would like to install my 2200 and 3000 as networked
printers.
Last, but not least does anyone know anything about printing to a
2200 via bluetooth, I have done a search on Epsons site and drawn a
blank so far.
Thanks in advance.
Sierra Gold
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Sopher" <rlsopher@c...> wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thecat6955082 [mailto:g.patrias@w...]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:44 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Epson 4000 and QTR
>
>
> I have purchased a 4000 and hope to get in in January from
> Inkjetart. Meanwhile, I'm trying to get my ducks in line. I
> currenty have a XP system but am thinking of adding a dual boot
> Linux system so I can use Roy Harrington's QTR. With 8 ink
channels
> (7 plus 1 spare)including Photo Black, Matt Black and Light
Black it
> appears ideal for use as both a color and BW (using the spare
channel
> as another black shade. I am assuming that Roy will support the
4000
> in the near future (I hope).
>
> Have got a bunch of questions:
> 1. Which is the best Linux distrubution?
>
> So far as QTR2 is concerned the only disto that I have had
trouble with is
> Mandrake. RedHat is straight forward but is a bit in limbo at the
present
> time unless you want to cough up the bucks for the commercial
(enterprise)
> version. I have used SuSE with no real problems and others have
used
> variations based on Debian such as Gentoo.
>
> 2. Will there be a Linux gimp print driver for the 4000?
>
> I would suspect that it make take some time before a gomp-print
driver is
> available for the 4000 but just how long is problematic. What will
be needed
> is a QTR driver for the 4000 and that is separate and distinct
from the
> gimp-print drivers that come with a Linux distro.
>
> 3. Can I upgrade XP Photoshop 7 to Linux Photoshop CS or
do I
> have to buy a new Linus PS?
>
> So far as I know there is no Linux version of Photoshop and I
don't think
> the windows version will work under one of the emulators such as
wine. The
> Gimp has many of Photoshop's features but is not yet in the same
league as a
> photo editor.
>
>
> 4. Does what I'm thinking make sense to for a dual BW/color
> workflow?
>
> I do my editing in Photoshop on a windows machine, store the
image in a
> shared file and print from Linux using QTR. I have Linux in a
separate box
> that is on my home LAN. Sounds much worse than it really is.
>
> 5. What problems can I anticipate?
>
> If you are not a Unix or Linux buff there will be a learning
curve but it
> isn't particularly formidable. My WAG is that the major problem
is going to
> be how long it takes for Roy to produce a QTR PPD for the 4000. I
am
> interested in the 4000 but have shied away until more is known
about it and
> until the needed support has emerged.
>
> I would bet that the commercial rip vendors will have support
for the 4000
> fairly early on but at a price.
>
> By the way I have about 50 years darkroom experience and 40 years
> with computer so I think I can handle a reasonable challange but
do
> not want to spend a lot of time to get a working system debugged
so
> if this approach does not make sense I would like to know.
>
> Thanks
>
> George P
>
> Roger
>
>
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