QTR-Quadtone RIP

I am using the 2400 with the ABW Epson driver and getting very good 
results from it.  One part of the QTR that I would highly recommend 
is the QTR Create ICC Profile.  Use of the ICC profiles this produces 
both essentially linearizes the printer and provides a softproof view 
in PS.  You do need an Eye One Photo to use this however.  There has 
been much discussion of this approach on the BW Digital Print forum.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/

If you look in the QTR folder, you will find an Eye One folder.  
There is a file there explaining how this is all used.



--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@m...> 
wrote:
>
> I just purchased an Epson R2400 to replace the 1270, which has 
been  
> dedicated to B&W printing with MIS UT2 inks and QuadToneRIP  for a  
> couple of years. Since I needed to do an operating system overhaul  
> anyway, I took the opportunity to reinstall everything from 
scratch  
> which means I now have *only* the Epson R2400 software and 
profiles  
> installed. I'm standardizing on Epson Heavyweight Matte and 
Enhanced  
> Matte for general printing with this printer (likely one higher-
grade  
> paper as well: perhaps one of the Hahnemuehle or Moab papers, or  
> Epson Velvet Fine Art), and I print a lot of B&W work.
> 
> What I'm interested to know from others who have gone to this  
> printer: How much of an advantage have you seen from use of QTR 
over  
> the Epson driver for B&W printing? So far, my tests on the Epson  
> Enhanced Matte paper have proven to show very good quality. I'm 
just  
> unsure as to how much additional benefit would be had from going 
to  
> QTR at this point ... It is a godsend for getting decent B&W out 
of  
> the 1270.
> 
> Godfrey
>