QTR-Quadtone RIP

You need to give more details:

Mac or PC

What settings were selected (I'm on a PC so I have no idea what default
settings you refer to).

Tom Moore

> -----Original Message-----
> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of earlyman1953
> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 9:20 AM
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] 1st post - some help please!
> 
> Hi All -
> 
> I just purchased an Epson 4800; this morning I downloaded QTR (have
> been hearing great things about it).
> 
> I used a grayscale .tif image, and accepted all the default settings
> in QTR.  I printed it on Epson Luster on the 4800 - it came out as a
> very dark mess (to put it kindly) No whites, extremely dark, etc.
> 
> So, I attempted to print the same image on my 2200 using Epson Matte
> and once again all default settings in QTR. The results were very
> similar, nearly identical (taking into account the differences in
> paper).
> 
> Are there some settings which I should start with, instead of the
> defaults?  I'm pretty sure that I'm doing everything correctly
> (although, maybe not :-> ) I'm just a little surprised that the
> default settings would be so far off.
> 
> Any help you could give to a QTR newbie would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> -E