QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
> 
> The R220 driver name isn't available yet.   But its completely 
> compatible with the R200
> so all you need to do is set it up as if it were are a R200.  The 
> auto-installation won't work
> but the installation is pretty easy to workaround.  The idea is to use 
> the name QuadR200
> and connect it to your R220.   So in Print Utility, click Add, select 
> the R220 printer, set
> the name to QuadR200 and select in Print Using:  QuadTone 2.4 R200.
> Now you will be able to use the InstallR200 script.
> 
> The more involved issue is that I'm not sure which set of inks you 
> actually have and in
> any case there aren't any pre-made profiles for MIS inks on the R200.  
> Are you using EZBW
> inks?  With these its also possible to just print with the Epson driver.

Thanks for the response, Roy.  I think a great deal of the "problem" is a "warning" that 
comes up telling me the Install Script can't find the Printer QuadR200 when in fact it has 
and I've been able to print through the QuadR200 dialogue box since following your post.  
I didn't understand that the printer is installed with a given inkset.  I believe I have it 
installed with the R200GQ and it printed so I can see an eventual resolution to that 
problem.  I re-read your info on "Installing custom QTR Profiles for (sp?-from?) another 
source" and I see how that can work although I couldn't find just the ink description 
section of a profile at MIS in order to create an install script with that ink per your tutorial.   

I'm currently using MIS UT-R2 with Paul Roark's profiles with excellant results.  I have both 
warm and nuetral sets and am building a small library of tonal combinations by manually 
swapping cartridges and papers.  This was always a "temporary" method for me as I have 
been awaiting the release of UT-3D and I may simply be jumping the gun here.  The 
reason I went to QTR was for the profiling ability for different papers not already published 
and the belief that the UT-3D inksets will need some sort of curve for toning the inkset.  I 
may not fully understand the 3D set yet but that is what seems logical to me at the 
moment: a profile for the printer/paper for the density and varying curves for the toning 
properties of the inkset.  There seem to be other minor issues more with me and 
understanding executable Scripts (I'm new to Mac as of my switch to Digital Photography 
six months ago.)

The long term goal here is to be able to create my own profiles and curves eventually for 
the UT-3D inkset with different papers so that I'm not constantly swapping cartridges as I 
do with the UT-R2.   Another side interest is the creation of digital negatives by inkjet for 
contact printing (I found an accessable darkroom within walking distance of where I have 
recently moved to and I can't give up Silver altogether.)  The idea of the control curves and 
profiles would give sound very useful for making digital negatives.  

The R220 I'm using may not be the best choice support wise for this sort of thing but I 
have one dedicated for B&W and even with wet prints I never worked larger than 8x10 so I 
haven't found any reason to go larger yet.  

I appreciate your response.  My heavy seasonal workload is about to take off this coming 
Monday so most of this will have to be put on the back burner until winter anyway, by then 
I expect a great deal of work will have been done on the UT-3D and I'll see where things 
go.  Thanks again!