Digital BW, The Print

tonight i installed QTRgui version 2.1d. work very well and easy. 
 in PS CS, using a bitches brew of UT (FSN), EZN, and Epson 
UltraChrome lite Cyan (MIS equivalent) in my yellow chamber, i have 
been able to achieve the best results i have in the two years i've 
been doing this.
  the PS curves where quite slow in getting me there. QTRgui got me 
to "almost" the same place (little less smooth in the highlights / 
little less control over specific densities .... 60-70-80%), in about 
15 minuets. i spent DAYS on those PS curves!

i didn't seem to have the problems with installation / printing that 
a lot here have.
 
the only problem i continue to run into is this ..... when printing 
anything with the resolution set to 1440 super or below, it come out 
fine. when i select 2880 dpi. it ALWAYS stretches the image height 
(not width) to approximately double the height as the actual file.

anyone had a similar problem? any thoughts as how to correct it?

evanj

That's is New, on Wide format Printers ( using the Epson Driver or Rip that Uses the Epson Driver) they usually print short. Maybe Epson has put that right without telling any one.
 
Forest John

evanj1969 <evanj69@bellsouth.net> wrote:

tonight i installed QTRgui version 2.1d. work very well and easy. 
in PS CS, using a bitches brew of UT (FSN), EZN, and Epson 
UltraChrome lite Cyan (MIS equivalent) in my yellow chamber, i have 
been able to achieve the best results i have in the two years i've 
been doing this.
  the PS curves where quite slow in getting me there. QTRgui got me 
to "almost" the same place (little less smooth in the highlights / 
little less control over specific densities .... 60-70-80%), in about 
15 minuets. i spent DAYS on those PS curves!

i didn't seem to have the problems with installation / printing that 
a lot here have.

the only problem i continue to run into is this ..... when printing 
anything with the resolution set to 1440 super or below, it come out 
fine. when i select 2880 dpi. it ALWAYS stretches the image height 
(not width) to approximately double the height as the actual file.

anyone had a similar problem? any thoughts as how to correct it?

evanj





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Hi Evanj,

I'm using the latest QTRgui and the 4000.  I've tried a couple of 
prints on letter size matte paper at 2880.  Not had any problem.  No 
stretch, etc.  Hadn't heard that one before.  Good luck getting it 
straightened out.

Tony

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969" 
<evanj69@b...> wrote:
  
> the only problem i continue to run into is this ..... when 
printing 
> anything with the resolution set to 1440 super or below, it come 
out 

> fine. when i select 2880 dpi. it ALWAYS stretches the image height 
> (not width) to approximately double the height as the actual file.
> 
> anyone had a similar problem? any thoughts as how to correct it?
> 
> evanj

I'm not sure which printer you are using.   The desktops i.e. 2200
don't support 2880 correctly yet.  The pro printers 4000, x600 will
run at 2880 but the builtin profiles are made for 1440.

The stretching of one dimension sounds like it might be a 16bit file
issue rather than a resolution issue but I can't tell for sure.

Roy


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969" <evanj69@b...> 
wrote:

> 
> tonight i installed QTRgui version 2.1d. work very well and easy. 
>  in PS CS, using a bitches brew of UT (FSN), EZN, and Epson 
> UltraChrome lite Cyan (MIS equivalent) in my yellow chamber, i have 
> been able to achieve the best results i have in the two years i've 
> been doing this.
>   the PS curves where quite slow in getting me there. QTRgui got me 
> to "almost" the same place (little less smooth in the highlights / 
> little less control over specific densities .... 60-70-80%), in about 
> 15 minuets. i spent DAYS on those PS curves!
> 
> i didn't seem to have the problems with installation / printing that 
> a lot here have.
>  
> the only problem i continue to run into is this ..... when printing 
> anything with the resolution set to 1440 super or below, it come out 
> fine. when i select 2880 dpi. it ALWAYS stretches the image height 
> (not width) to approximately double the height as the actual file.
> 
> anyone had a similar problem? any thoughts as how to correct it?
> 
> evanj

no, it's a 8 bit Grayscale image,  just checked.
 if it is pertinent, i'm running XP Pro, with an Epson 1280.

 would i be correct in assuming that the version of my Epson driver 
has NOTHING to do with QRT?? or even comes in to play?

 any help is appreciated. 

 evan
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" 
<roy@h...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm not sure which printer you are using.   The desktops i.e. 2200
> don't support 2880 correctly yet.  The pro printers 4000, x600 will
> run at 2880 but the builtin profiles are made for 1440.
> 
> The stretching of one dimension sounds like it might be a 16bit file
> issue rather than a resolution issue but I can't tell for sure.
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969" 
<evanj69@b...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > tonight i installed QTRgui version 2.1d. work very well and easy. 
> >  in PS CS, using a bitches brew of UT (FSN), EZN, and Epson 
> > UltraChrome lite Cyan (MIS equivalent) in my yellow chamber, i 
have 
> > been able to achieve the best results i have in the two years 
i've 
> > been doing this.
> >   the PS curves where quite slow in getting me there. QTRgui got 
me 
> > to "almost" the same place (little less smooth in the 
highlights / 
> > little less control over specific densities .... 60-70-80%), in 
about 
> > 15 minuets. i spent DAYS on those PS curves!
> > 
> > i didn't seem to have the problems with installation / printing 
that 
> > a lot here have.
> >  
> > the only problem i continue to run into is this ..... when 
printing 
> > anything with the resolution set to 1440 super or below, it come 
out 
> > fine. when i select 2880 dpi. it ALWAYS stretches the image 
height 

> > (not width) to approximately double the height as the actual file.
> > 
> > anyone had a similar problem? any thoughts as how to correct it?
> > 
> > evanj

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969" <evanj69@b...> 
wrote:
> 
>  no, it's a 8 bit Grayscale image,  just checked.
>  if it is pertinent, i'm running XP Pro, with an Epson 1280.

Hi Evan,

OK, the 1280 may explain it -- its 2880x720 rather than 2880x1440.

> 
>  would i be correct in assuming that the version of my Epson driver 
> has NOTHING to do with QRT?? or even comes in to play?

Yes, that should be true.

> 
>  any help is appreciated. 

While not exactly help, I think you wouldn't find much difference between
using 1440x720 and 2880x720.  They both use the same minimum dot size
so dottiness would be the same.

Roy

> 
>  evan
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" 
> <roy@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not sure which printer you are using.   The desktops i.e. 2200
> > don't support 2880 correctly yet.  The pro printers 4000, x600 will
> > run at 2880 but the builtin profiles are made for 1440.
> > 
> > The stretching of one dimension sounds like it might be a 16bit file
> > issue rather than a resolution issue but I can't tell for sure.
> > 
> > Roy
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "evanj1969" 
> <evanj69@b...> 
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > tonight i installed QTRgui version 2.1d. work very well and easy. 
> > >  in PS CS, using a bitches brew of UT (FSN), EZN, and Epson 
> > > UltraChrome lite Cyan (MIS equivalent) in my yellow chamber, i 
> have 
> > > been able to achieve the best results i have in the two years 
> i've 
> > > been doing this.
> > >   the PS curves where quite slow in getting me there. QTRgui got 
> me 
> > > to "almost" the same place (little less smooth in the 
> highlights / 
> > > little less control over specific densities .... 60-70-80%), in 
> about 
> > > 15 minuets. i spent DAYS on those PS curves!
> > > 
> > > i didn't seem to have the problems with installation / printing 
> that 
> > > a lot here have.
> > >  
> > > the only problem i continue to run into is this ..... when 
> printing 
> > > anything with the resolution set to 1440 super or below, it come 
> out 
> > > fine. when i select 2880 dpi. it ALWAYS stretches the image 
> height 
> > > (not width) to approximately double the height as the actual file.
> > > 
> > > anyone had a similar problem? any thoughts as how to correct it?
> > > 
> > > evanj