Digital BW, The Print

I'm hoping someone can help with a few questions regarding QTR. Some
may appear very 
basic but before posting I have spend 3 days searching the board for
answers all to no 
avail.
 I am using a Mac running Panther.

1. Is QTR purely a black and white RIP?

2 If the above is true do I have to have grey and black inks
installed or can I use it with the 
default color inks in my Epson 1200?

3. I have installed the driver without any problems, but must I use a
profile to take 
advantage of the RIP? I ask this because  I suspect it is using
'black only' when I print 
without the profile.

4. Are there any profiles available for the Epson 1200 or would I be
better served using a 
different printer model?

5. I tried to create a profile using a the 1280-vm-gray.txt sample 
as a base but the when I 
used it I got very strange multi-colored results. Any ideas what I
may be doing wrong?

Thanks to anyone who has the time and patience to answer.

On Thursday, September 9, 2004, at 08:49  PM, eoseire wrote:

> I'm hoping someone can help with a few questions regarding QTR. Some
> may appear very
> basic but before posting I have spend 3 days searching the board for
> answers all to no
> avail.
>  I am using a Mac running Panther.
>
> 1. Is QTR purely a black and white RIP?
Yes, but you can produce B&W prints with the Epson Ultrachrome color 
inks in the UC printers.
>
> 2 If the above is true do I have to have grey and black inks
> installed or can I use it with the
> default color inks in my Epson 1200?
You will need to have a B&W inkset in your 1200.  I think that the MIS 
VM inks are still available for the 1200.
>
> 3. I have installed the driver without any problems, but must I use a
> profile to take
> advantage of the RIP? I ask this because  I suspect it is using
> 'black only' when I print
> without the profile.
You need to use profiles.
>
> 4. Are there any profiles available for the Epson 1200 or would I be
> better served using a
> different printer model?
I don't know if there are any 1200 profiles, but check with Roy.  A 
more modern printer would probably give better performance and offer 
more options in terms of inks and workflows.  The 1280 or 2200 would be 
good choices.
>
> 5. I tried to create a profile using a the 1280-vm-gray.txt sample
> as a base but the when I
> used it I got very strange multi-colored results. Any ideas what I
> may be doing wrong?
I assume you had the OEM color inks installed.  The 1280-vm profile is 
only for the MIS VM inks and the 1280 printer.

>
> Thanks to anyone who has the time and patience to answer.
>
>
>
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Hi
I use QTR with my 1200 and it works pretty well. I use
MIS ultratone ink. I have also used my 2200 with QTR
(both UT ink and Ultrachrome ink) and its quality is
better but not by that much. The 2200 is a lot faster.
If you are just staring out, just try the 1200 to see
if you like QTR and what it can do. Then make an
investment in a 1280 or 2200.
Right On
John E

> 4. Are there any profiles available for the Epson
> 1200 or would I be
> better served using a 
> different printer model?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, john eckenrode 
<ejohn182002@y...> wrote:
> Hi
> I use QTR with my 1200 and it works pretty well. I use
> MIS ultratone ink. I have also used my 2200 with QTR
> (both UT ink and Ultrachrome ink) and its quality is
> better but not by that much. The 2200 is a lot faster.
> If you are just staring out, just try the 1200 to see
> if you like QTR and what it can do. Then make an
> investment in a 1280 or 2200.
> Right On
> John E
> 
> 
> > 4. Are there any profiles available for the Epson
> > 1200 or would I be
> > better served using a 
> > different printer model?

Thanks to everyone who replied, the info supplied has been a big help.
ejohn182002, may I ask you if you created profiles for your 1200 and if so, how did you 
go about this?
Thanks again.