QTR-Quadtone RIP

Uninstall/reinstall isn't needed with XP.

If I've been using QTR to simulate B&W and then I want to print 
color, all I have to do is exit QTR, select my color file in 
Photoshop, and the the system will automatically use the Epson 
(color) driver.  

My PC drives three printers: two 2200 and one Brother (for 
correspondence). I instructed the system to default first to the 
Brother because that's used constantly in my business.

To print photos I simply select one of the two 2200 (all three 
printers are listed in the printer dialogue box). Both 2200 
default to the Epson driver, but I can switch to QTR for either one 
simply by selecting QTR for it. 

One 2200 uses Epson pigment only , the other uses MIS UT-7 B&W ink 
only. One is called "color" and the other is called "B&W" in the 
printer dialogue box.

I happen to prefer the Epson driver for the B&W ink and the QTR 
driver if I insist on using the color printer to simulate B&W. But 
both printers default to the Epson driver, so I have to specifically 
select QTR if that's what I want to use. 

If Mac makes this difficult, you probably need two Macs :-)


--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
>
> I think the point is that you have to "do something" in the 
software 
> when you change inks.
> The reason is so the driver can show you the appropriate media 
> possibilities.
> 
> Roy
> 
> On Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 10:31  AM, Pierre Archambault wrote:
> 
> > Roy's comment about uninstalling and reinstalling printer drivers 
> > seemed odd
> > to me so I looked up my Epsonn Stylus 2200 instruction manual 
available
> > here:
> >
> > http://ftp.epson.com/pdf/pho22_/pho22_pb.pdf
> >
> > Please see pages 64 and 65 (bottom of the pdf pages).
> >
> > On windows this doesn't seem to be necessary whereas on the Mac 
it 
> > depends
> > on the OS version you are running. For OS X 10.x you seem to have 
to 
> > remove
> > and re-add the printer from the Print Center only whereas for OS 
8.6 
> > to 9.x
> > seems to require playing around with the Chooser.
> >
> > I've been using PCs for a long time now and am considering 
getting a 
> > Mac
> > next time around. From my perspective this seems unusually 
unintuitive 
> > for a
> > Mac. Are there other little gotchas that a future Mac ex PC user 
might 
> > have
> > to worry about?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Pierre
>