QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "harrisfoto" <dshfoto@...> wrote:
>
> Using my new Mac, I just printed my first B & W photo on the R2400
> with QuadTone Rip
> The settings I used were 1400, unidirectional (sometimes
> bi-directional causes banding.
> Try those settings, clean the print head, etc.  
> It is not the software
>I was getting banding also,as well as some missing ink laydown on the 
2400 with K7. No amount of nozzle checking fixed it and just used ink 
up at a terrible rate. I got some purging images from inkjetcarts.us 
which showed which nozzle was the problem. They also have individual 
color images that you can convert to grey scale and clean only one 
nozzle at a time,using very little ink.As far as getting good results 
in the ABW mode,perhaps the offending nozzle is not being used in your 
prints. The Epson ABW uses a lot of colored ink in the printing as you 
can see in the Paul Roark notes on the MIS site.Also,the refillable 
2400 cartrides with the auto reset feature seem to be 
working,available from inkjetcarts also. I am refilling with Media 
Street inks which are for the most part O.K.,with the  Magenta the 
least good but within tolerance.I do not use their black 
inks,preferring to stay with Epson paricularly since the PK has a 
proprietary encapsulation for best results.I have two 2400's one of 
which I use for K7,and the other for color and BW toning.