Digital BW, The Print

Does anyone know of any plans in the works to provide a RIP or other 
software to facilitate B&W printing with Epson's R800?  (I just 
bought one for color.)

Steve

I too would like to see the QTR rip support the 800.  Although I 
have a 4000 in the studio, the 800 with its gloss optimizer is great 
for 8x10's and 5x7's.  I've not been able to get good B&W quality 
out of the 800 consistently.  I love the QTR on the 4000.  Would be 
terrific if I could also use it on the 800.

Maybe if enough 800 owners contact Roy, he'll put it on his list 
some day :-)

Tony Bonanno

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen 
Kobrin" <kobrins@w...> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of any plans in the works to provide a RIP or 
other 

> software to facilitate B&W printing with Epson's R800?  (I just 
> bought one for color.)
> 
> Steve

I'd love to see the R800 supported in QTR also.

Scott

Tony Bonanno wrote:

> 
> I too would like to see the QTR rip support the 800.  Although I 
> have a 4000 in the studio, the 800 with its gloss optimizer is great 
> for 8x10's and 5x7's.  I've not been able to get good B&W quality 
> out of the 800 consistently.  I love the QTR on the 4000.  Would be 
> terrific if I could also use it on the 800.
> 
> Maybe if enough 800 owners contact Roy, he'll put it on his list 
> some day :-)
> 
> Tony Bonanno

At 4:21 PM +0000 1/19/05, Tony Bonanno wrote:
>I too would like to see the QTR rip support the 800.  Although I 
>have a 4000 in the studio, the 800 with its gloss optimizer is great 
>for 8x10's and 5x7's.  I've not been able to get good B&W quality 
>out of the 800 consistently. [snip]

On matte, glossy, or both Tony? On is it more complex than that? Thanks.
--
Sam

Hi Sam,

I was using luster/semi-gloss I believe when I was experimenting 
with B&W out of the 800.  Sometimes it seemed pretty good with very 
little color cast, other times noticed a slight green cast that I 
could tweak out with a curve.  I haven't attempted to use the 800 
for quite awhile for any B&W, but as I recall the output on matte 
was pretty good.  Not sure if this answered your question Sam ?  
What I like about QTR, is it just seems to work so darn well with 
minimal experimenting, no matter what paper I use. 

Cheers,

Tony

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Sam McCandless 
<samcc@v...> wrote:
> At 4:21 PM +0000 1/19/05, Tony Bonanno wrote:
> I've not been able to get good B&W quality 
> >out of the 800 consistently. [snip]
> 
> On matte, glossy, or both Tony? On is it more complex than that? 
Thanks.
> --
> Sam

Yes, thanks, Tony, you did answer my question, and I appreciate it. 
I'm thinking about trying to use the R800 or its big brother for 
matte prints.
--
Sam


At 3:44 PM +0000 1/20/05, Tony Bonanno wrote:

>Hi Sam,
>
>I was using luster/semi-gloss I believe when I was experimenting
>with B&W out of the 800.  Sometimes it seemed pretty good with very
>little color cast, other times noticed a slight green cast that I
>could tweak out with a curve.  I haven't attempted to use the 800
>for quite awhile for any B&W, but as I recall the output on matte
>was pretty good.  Not sure if this answered your question Sam ? 
>What I like about QTR, is it just seems to work so darn well with
>minimal experimenting, no matter what paper I use.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Tony
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Sam McCandless
><samcc@v...> wrote:
>>  At 4:21 PM +0000 1/19/05, Tony Bonanno wrote:
>>  I've not been able to get good B&W quality
>>  >out of the 800 consistently. [snip]
>>
>>  On matte, glossy, or both Tony? On is it more complex than that?
>Thanks.
>>  --
>>  Sam