QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi Shane,

>  I really like the option of going with the Eboni-6 for my R1800. ...

> 1) Is it easy to profile these inks?

One reason I did not set up the 1800 with Eboni-6 is that its Epson driver
is weird -- not amenable to control via curves due to the red and blue inks,
and no built-in cross-overs between light and dark inks.  

QTR would clearly be the best way to go.  However, the default QTR profiling
system does not, I suspect, have enough overlaps in its curves to hide the
banding that the 1800 is famous for.  So, custom QTR profiles would probably
be needed.  That may be more than you want to take on.

>... I plan to use rag based papers

OK.

> or maybe Barayta style papers (if they will work with this ink).

No, they don't work without a spray.  I don't recommend them.

 
> 2) I see the eboni-6 uses 6 inks. What position would I put everything 
> in on my R1800? What about the 2 extra's left? Do I just put blanks 
> carts in there, or will I need something to stop it from drying out 
> the heads of the printer?

I'm not sure what the best arrangement is either.  The lightest inks are the
most neutral, with LK being the warmest.  One question would be whether to
leave the 3-MK option.  I'd probably look at that first.  It might even be
interesting to be able to use the sliders to blend the approaches.  The more
I think about it, it might be interesting to see how Arches HP (uncoated)
might do with a blended approach.

My 1800 is in storage now.  I'll give some thought to setting it up and
seeing what might work, but no guarantees.  If others are interested in this
approach, let me know.

Paul 
www.PaulRoark.com