QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thanks Roy,

I had 2880 set.  I think there is probably something fundamentlly wrong with the profile I 
wrote because there was WAY to much ink put down; it smeared right off as if I printed on 
the wrong side.  I will contact Ron and see if he has any advice.  Thank again.

Andy


--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" <roy@...> wrote:
>
> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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