QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi Andy,

I haven't done printing of negs but I know Ron and seen his work.  He uses a
4000 printer instead of a 3800.  This could account for different amount of
ink.
If its mainly an issue of too much ink then just reducing the ink limits
will fix it.
Another issue to check is that you use 2880dpi not 1440.  I think the amount
of
ink is large compared to regular prints so it may need to dry before using.

You should try contacting Ron to see if he recognizes the issues you have.

Roy


On 8/6/07, earthad24 <earthad24@...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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