QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thank you for your response, Brian.  It prompted me to experiment a bit, and I was able to install the 1400/1430 files into the QTR area for the R280 printer.  I copied them into the QTR/Profiles/R260-R380-1400-MIS folder and then ran the Install R280-MIS.command file that is within that folder.  I can print using those profiles from the Mac QTR Photoshop print process or through Print Tool.  I have seen recommendations that printing through Print Tool is the better choice, though I don't fully understand why that is so.

Mike Brubaker
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On Sun, 11/13/16, brian_downunda@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Print Tool question
 To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Sunday, November 13, 2016, 12:18 AM
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       Hard to be sure.  In your case: maybe, maybe
 not.  
 
 In my experience
 you can use a QTR curve from one K3 printer on another K3
 printer.  When I say this, I'm not just referring to K3
 inks, but any inkset in a K3 printer.  There's going to
 be some printer to printer variation in linearity, but it
 should work.  My understanding is that IJM used to create
 Piezo curves on this basis, not sure if that's still the
 case.  You can even use a Piezo QTR curve from a K3 printer
 in hi-gloss printers like the R1900 & R2000, once you
 reorder the inks in the .quad file.
 
 This works because they all use pretty much the
 same DX5 printhead.  I tried using 1430 K6 curves in a K3
 printer and it didn't work - the curve and prints were
 too light in a K3 printer.  I assume that was because the
 printers used different inks (pigment vs dye) and so the
 1430 used a different printhead.  No doubt there are also
 firmware differences about how the ink is laid down.
 
 Now the 1430 and R280 both use
 Claria® Hi-Definition dye ink, so perhaps you might be in
 luck.  But a quick search on Alibaba suggests that the R280
 uses a F180000 print head whereas the 1430 uses a F173050. 
 Does this make a difference?  Dunno.  Reread the first
 line.
 
     
      
 
     
     
 
 
 
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