QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi all,

I've been using a profiled colour Epson printer for a while now but
this is my first attempt to get serious with Black and White. So
please be gentle with me - I'm just proceeding with caution.

I've installed the software and read both the user guide and the pdf
on calibration but fear I must have missed something.

Basically I want to create a profile to allow me to use a small gamut
ink set (Lyson Small Gamut - 5 'greys' plus the printer black
cartridge) with a range of papers. I can probably handle adapting the
one initial profile to various papers, but the instructions as I've
read them leave me confused.

I am instructed thus:

"Start with one of the existing printer and ink combinations in the
Example-Inks folder. Duplicate the file and edit it to produce a
complete quadtone curve set. This a simple plain text file that has a
very simple format. Lines beginning with # are just comments and are
ignored. All the important lines are simply VARIABLE=value. The
variables are all given, the only changes that you should make are the
values."

By 'example inks folder" I take it is meant the C:\Program
Files\QuadToneRIP\Profiles folder?

So if I open one of these *.qidf files in a text editor, I am
confronted with a whole bunch of parameters. How on earth am I
expected to know which values to place in there?

Or have I already gone wrong? I have a decent ink set - widely
recognised if not installed by default with the software. I'm getting
a PrintFix Pro kit delivered, so will be able to measure outputs etc.

Can someone please point me in the right direction so that I can print
out the Ink Pattern test page for my particular ink set?

Thanks