QTR-Quadtone RIP

James,

If you are a relative novice, on the 2400 the best place to start 
b/w printing should be with the canned Epson driver in the advanced 
black and white mode (ABW). It works very, very well.

QTR is an awesome product in it's capability and versality. The need 
for QTR on the 2400, however, is not ansolutely necessary.

Shilesh

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "etonblue5" <etonblue@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> I just purchased an Epson R2400 and thought I'd give QTR a whirl 
> because I'd heard such good things about it during my research. 
I'm 
> pretty much a printing profile noob, and I'm not sure I know 
exactly 
> how to use this thing.
> 
> The first b&w print I ran through QTR came out very muddy and 
blocked 
> up. My Settings-> Name: Stylus Photo R2400 / Model: QuadR2400 / 
Paper 
> Type: Matte / Resolution: 1440 super / Speed: Faster / Dither: 
> Ordered. I made no adjustments to Curves or Ink Limit or Gamma.
> 
> The second time, I kept the basic settings the same and changed 
> Curves to a blend (50) of "UCmk-EnhMatte-Cool" & "UCmk-EnhMatte-
> Warm" - thinking this might be the best way to get a "neutral" 
print. 
> The print came out much better- but still looked a tiny bit muddy 
to 
> my eye.
> 
> Have I just gotten to the point of trial and error? Is there 
> somewhere that explains (preferably with samples) the various 
curves 
> and blending modes of the curves (the included help doesn't really 
> explain them that well)? Gamma Adjustment? Ink Limit Adjustment?
> 
> What I'd really like is a default neutral black and white 
> profile/setup for a well exposed black and white image on matte 
paper 
> for the R2400. Or advice from someone who has done a lot of b&w 
> printing on a R2400 with QTR.
> 
> I apologize in advance if these questions are answered in a FAQ or 
> Manual somewhere that I just haven't seen yet.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> james
>