QTR-Quadtone RIP

A couple questions off the top of my head:

1. Are you sure the printer was working properly before you installed the carbon inks?

2. PC or Mac? If Mac, what OS X version, and are you using PrintTool?

There are others who I’m sure can be of more help than I, but your answers to these questions will be useful.

~ Keith

Keith Schreiber
jkschreiber.com




> On Mar 5, 2016, at 1:00 PM, patrick.t@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
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> I've used  qtr with carbon based inks in the past for quite awhile but having some problems now. I had two different Epson 7800's fail on me over the last year and so have had little opportunity to much printing. I finally picked up a third 7800, made new carbon inks based on Paul Roarks recipe, Installed it all, recalibrated my monitor, made new paper profiles using a colormunky and linearization it all, but getting very unsatisfactory results. What comes out of my printer is quite a bit lighter in the mid-tones to the shadows; particularly the shadows ..... not the blackest black per se. Can any one of you out there offer any insite? Could it be that I just goofed up the darker ink dilutions when I originally made them. Anybody got any ideas. I've included a link here that should take you to a page on my site where you can see a visual representation of the difference I'm experiencing. My website is below and you should see the page titled 7800/QTR test in the menu selection on the right side of the screen.
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> http://patrickturnerphotography.com/ <http://patrickturnerphotography.com/>
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> Thanks again for any helpful tips.
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