QTR-Quadtone RIP

Sheila,

 

I am a brand-new member of the list, and thought I would give QTR a try.  I
have two printers, a 2200 with ImagePrint 6 and an R1800 with various paper
profiles for color.  I have tried two gloss papers with the 1800.  One is
the Harman FB, and the other is the Epson Exhibition FB.  For those, I used
the only QTRprofile I could find, for Ilford F Pearl, and made a Photoshop
adjustment curve to compensate for the (calibrated) monitor to print
difference.  Then, I printed the same print on the 2200 with the IP
profiles, and found they matched the QTR prints very well (except for the
gloss differential missing on the 2200).  Now, it appears I need to
investigate what hardware and software is necessary to make proper profiles
for QTR!  There is no end to this.

 

Ken

 

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From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Sheila Caim
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:45 AM
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Help w/ B&W printing

 

Paul,

I have an Epson R800 and am looking for glossy paper that works with 
it. What paper did you use with your R1800 and do you think it would 
also work on the R800?

Thanks,
Sheila 

p_bien wrote:
> Steven
> The Epson R1800 is an incredible printer, but as a tool it must be 
> used in the most appropriate way. As a color GLOSSY printer, I used 
> the Eson Vivid printer setting and it always produced incredible 
> color glossy prints. This was before I bought a system to calibrate 
> my monitor and printer. So if you shoot digital and use Adobe RGB as 
> a color space you should be able to create stunning color prints. I 
> switched my printer to a black-only printer for MATT paper using 3 
> channels of MIS Eboni matt black carbon ink, QuadTone Rip (thanks Roy 
> Harrington) and the 3MK profile (thanks Paul Roark). The 1800 has 
> the smallest 1.5 picoliter droplet and really makes black-only 
> printing a viable option for many types of work. IF you give us more 
> info when can assist better.
> Good luck.
> Paul Bien
>
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@ <mailto:QuadtoneRIP%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, "robert49brake" 
> <robert49brake@...> wrote:
> 
>> --- In QuadtoneRIP@ <mailto:QuadtoneRIP%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, Steven Burt <steven_burt@> 
>> 
> wrote:
> 
>>> It seems that I do not know what I am doing when it comes to 
>>> 
> printing in B&W, maybe 
> 
>> even color, but anyway - I have an Epson R1800 printer, that is 
>> 
> connected to a iMac with 
> 
>> version 10.5. What I see is not what I get. Not sure which 
>> 
> profile I should be using and 
> 
>> how to configure my printer to get the best prints that I can. 
>> 
> Please let me know your 
> 
>> steps for the best print images, if there is such a thing.
>>
>> Hello Steven, the 1800, although a great color printer both matte 
>> 
> and glossy doesn't print 
> 
>> b&w very well out of the box. It uses only one black ink at a time 
>> 
> and fills in all of the rest 
> 
>> of the grayscale with colored inks and that makes it hard to get 
>> 
> all of the color cast out of 
> 
>> the midtones and highlights. If you visit:
>>
>> http://tech.
<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/>
groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://www.paulroar <http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800.htm>
k.com/BW-Info/R1800.htm
>>
>> You can find info on setting up an 1800 to print very good b&w and 
>> 
> color but on MATTE 
> 
>> PAPER ONLY. If you are so inclined it may be worth a try. If you 
>> 
> want to keep the glossy 
> 
>> capability of the 1800 color you could pick up a cheap 8.5x11 
>> 
> printer from epson and set 
> 
>> that one up for black and white.
>>
>> You might also visit:
>>
>> http://www.cjcom. <http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm>
net/digiprnarts.htm
>>
>> There is a lot of information on printing techniques called BO 
>> 
> (Black Only) using various 
> 
>> Epson printers, however I don't know how the 1800 does in that 
>> 
> respect.
> 
>> Other than BO techniques, you generally need multiple black inks 
>> 
> such as the 3MK 
> 
>> technique of Paul Roark on the 1800, or multiple shades of gray and 
>> 
> a RIP such as QTR to 
> 
>> get acceptable b&w.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> 
>
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