QTR-Quadtone RIP

My reading suggests that it is virtually impossible to get  a "NEUTRAL" B&W print from either an Epson 1800 or 1900..They were designed for COLOR printing..That doesn't mean you CAN'T use it for B&W, but there are better alternativs such as the 2880, 2400 or the new 3000..The Epson 1400 utilizing 3rd party B&W inks is a GREAT monocrhome printer IMHO..(I have 2 of these..)
Just my 2 cents..

Eddie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Finley 
  To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 1:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: basics for a beginner (dummy?)


    
  The best reference for QTR on Windows that I'm aware of is Tom Moore's 
  paper at http://www.quadtonerip.com/User%20Guide.pdf even if it is a few 
  years old. The current version of QTR and Windows 7 64 bit still work 
  the same way - thats what I use. (I asked because there are other 
  problems with newer versions of MacOs and Photoshop.) If you are looking 
  at instructions written for the Mac you'll get hopelessly confused as 
  the printing mechanism is totally different.

  The biggest problem may be getting the Gloss Optimiser in use for gloss 
  papers - I've no idea how you'd do this, as I've never had a printer 
  that uses a GO.

  I suggest you read through Tom's paper, and try to follow through to 
  printing on a matte paper from that, and ask if you have specific 
  questions from that. Extending that to printing on a semi gloss or gloss 
  paper will be harder, and need help from someone who's done it - there 
  are two issues you'll need to deal with - getting GO used, and also 
  adjusting the amount of colour ink(s) to to be added in.

  Most QTR users are using the printers with multiple black inks and/or 
  using specialist monochrome inksets

  On 27/02/2012 18:17, Marja Beckers wrote:
  >
  >
  > Hi Mike,
  > I replied to your message earlier today but I don´t see my answer
  > appear. Guess I did something wrong :o)
  >
  > I´m using windows 7 64bit, and the default epsons inks.
  > For my photography study I need to be able to print b&w on
  > semigloss,gloss, and matte papers (not necessarily epson).
  >
  > The strange thing is that I have printed b&w on this printer before, but
  > now I only seem to get all kinds of color casts.
  > I´m hoping to use qtr to solve this problem at last.
  >
  > hope you can help!
  >
  > kind regards,
  > Marja
  >

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