Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone around here used QTR with Cone carbon inks as 
the primary driver, and if so what has been your experience? 
Could I just use this driver and order the inks from Cone ( saving 
$700.00) or is that a really stupid idea? You may answer privately 
if you like at - deanwork@... or here ...

john

On Jul 22, 2004, at 9:05 PM, john dean wrote:

> Has anyone around here used QTR with Cone carbon inks as
> the primary driver, and if so what has been your experience?

I use this combination on a 1280 and it works well, as well or better 
than the ICC profiles for me.

cort

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"john dean"  wrote:
> Has anyone around here used QTR with Cone carbon inks as 
> the primary driver, and if so what has been your experience? 
> Could I just use this driver and order the inks from Cone ( saving 
> $700.00) or is that a really stupid idea?

Yes used QTR/Piezotone with two 1160s - with Neutral and Warm inks. Excellent output - 
better than the Piezotone driver as QTR can be tweaked to place more in on the paper and 
has better dither than the Piezotone driver to name a few pluses.

You would have to build your own profiles as I think I remember you'd like to run a 7000 
and/or 7600...correct?

John V.

Good. I appreciate that info.

What is involved with profiling for a 7000? I usually have my 
profiles for color done at Profile City and I do not have McBeth or 
any specialized sofware to make custom profiles. Is that 
necessary for that approach or is there somewhere to find 
generic profiles for such a purpose? How complex was that for 
you? 

John