I confirm Roy's suggestion. I tried these inks and Quadtone RIP last week with the posterization result. One of the cartridges had a blocked vent. You can push the cartridges apart and peel off the part of plastic still covering the vent. http://www.piezography.com/support/ Might help. My cartridges were slightly different than described, but easier to take apart rather than more difficult. I tested on the R800. I'm still undecided as to whether or not this is how I will print b/w, but ... Daniel Roy Harrington wrote: > On Sunday, October 29, 2006, at 10:09 AM, benmarks2003 wrote: > > > Hey all-I am trying to get K7 inks up and running with QTR on a Windows > > machine. Nozzle tests show clear, test subjects are 8-bit grayscale > > tiffs with good tonal range. I am trying for a good proof on Epson HW > > Matte and have so far had terrible posterization in tghe mid-tones. > > Posterization with the K7 inks is almost always due to one or more > carts not > working properly. It's pretty easy of overlook a totally missing > nozzle check > so I'd check that again. With new carts that show no ink output its > usually > because the vent hole is clogged. When you pull the tab sometimes it > does not come completely off.
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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] New R2400 - posterization, no midtones
2006-10-31 by Daniel Ridings
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