QTR-Quadtone RIP

Roy,

My carts are from Dec of 05 and have only very
mysterious labels on them that took a lot of work with
IJM to figure out. Slot 1 is K and is cart 1, slot 2
is C and is cart 2, slot 3 is M and it is cart 5, slot
4 is LC and it is cart 3, slot 5 is LM and it is cart
6, and finaly slot 6 is Y and it is cart 4. The
positions have not changed since I made some wonderful
prints.

On the pattern page printout, k is darkest followed by
c,lc,y,m and lm--just like you said.

My prints have almost no contrast at all and have a
very poor D-max and appear almost posteriorized.

I have tried new and old files using 2.5 and 2.3 and
HPR and Inova Soft and both sides of the paper and
gamma 2.2 and 1.8 and having both the printer and
photoshop contol color and QTR matte paper setting and
gamma 2.2. 

There is something really wrong. I have been a pro for
43 years and all digital for 6 and using some type of
IJM ink in three different printers for 5 years.  If
this is user error, I will actually be happy!

Now where do I go?

Jim

--- Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:

> Well you should see 6 distinctly different
> densities:
> Ink carts are labeled #1,2,3,4,5,6   darkest to
> lightest.
> They should be in K, C, LC, Y, M, LM order darkest
> to lightest.
> 
> Roy
> 
> On Saturday, March 31, 2007, at 08:48  AM, Jim
> wrote:
> 
> > Roy
> >
> > I have not changed inks.
> >
> > I printed out the Pattern Page.  I used no color
> > management, Calibration mode, no curves selected,
> > 60/40 blend and all other stuff in 0 or default. 
> On
> > Innova Soft Texture, I printed it out.
> >
> > I have 6 step wedges and one blank for light
> black.
> > What am I supposed to do now?
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > --- Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
> >
> >> Jim,
> >>
> >> Nothing has changed for the 7500 and the K6
> profiles
> >> since they first
> >> came out.
> >> If the inks are all firing then I'd assume it's
> the
> >> wrong inks.   Did
> >> you put new
> >> carts in awhile ago?  It takes many prints for
> new
> >> ink to show.
> >>
> >> Print out the inkseparation.tif file in
> Calibration
> >> Mode and see the
> >> density of the
> >> inks and whether they are correct.
> >>
> >> Roy
> >>
> >> On Saturday, March 31, 2007, at 06:22  AM, Jim
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Mark,
> >>>
> >>> I just re-installed 2.3.4 version, and the
> prints
> >> are
> >>> the same.  I took all the other versions off
> with
> >> QTR
> >>> remove software and removed all 7500 printers
> from
> >> my
> >>> list in system preferences.  No go.
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- Mark Savoia <mark@...> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I assume you have done the usual checks on the
> >>>> printer, nozzle, shake
> >>>> carts, alignment, etc..? Did this instantly
> >> happen
> >>>> when you changed
> >>>> the software?
> >>>> Mark
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mar 31, 2007, at 7:49 AM, joffbroadway
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have been using K6 on my Epson 7500 with OSX
> >> 10.4.9
> >>>>> successfully for about 15 months. Now, with
> QTR
> >> 2.5.0,
> >>>>> it looks like all my tones from 55 to about 90
> >>>> percent
> >>>>> are the same--that posteriorized look.  It
> looks
> >>>> like
> >>>>> all my carts have been switched around by some
> >>>> evil
> >>>>> demon.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If, just for the sake of argument, we assume I
> >> am
> >>>> not
> >>>>> an idiot and know how to profile and set
> things
> >> up
> >>>> in
> >>>>> "print with preview" and in the QRT interface,
> >>>> could
> >>>>> the RIP itself have changed in such a way as
> to
> >>>> demand
> >>>>> a different line-up of carts?  I will answer
> all
> >>>>> follow up questions in detail regarding my set
> >> up
> >>>> and
> >>>>> settings, I just want to know now if anyone is
> >>>> having
> >>>>> the same problem now or knows if the cart
> >>>> positions
> >>>>> have changed in the RIP itself.  thanks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jim
> >>>>>
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