QTR-Quadtone RIP

I just bought a 3800 and downloaded QTR for making digital negatives.

I read through Ron Reeder's PDF on how to create your own profiles in QTR for digi negs.  As 
far as I can tell I followed his instructions exactly and created a test profile and attempted to 
print his supplied step wedge on inkpress transparency.  When I printed the first one, the ink 
was laid down FAR to thick and it would simply smear off.  My first thought was I printed on 
the wrong side of the media, nope.  (Also tried a sheet of OHP so I KNEW I had the right side, 
same thing happened).  Then I thought it had to do with the media type under printer 
features.  I tried transparencies and matte paper.  Neither helped.  Then I thought maybe it 
was because I was trying to use matte ink on a glossy surface, so I switched inks, that didn't 
help.  I looked back to the profile text file and it looked ok to me, nothing was not set, or set 
too high (at least to my eye, I'm knew at this).  I reinstalled the profile and tried one more 
time.  Same thing, ink puddles that smeared easily.  I even tried an ordinary positive print on 
epson media using epson drivers just to rule out a problem with the printer.  That print looks 
lovely.  So if you've acctually read through all this crap and have any advice I would love to 
hear it.

Andy T.