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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QuadToneRIP Seems to Interfere with Epson Printer

2008-10-02 by Catherine Sobredo

Hello Roy,

Thank you so much.

Catherine


--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:

> From: Roy Harrington <roy@...>
> Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QuadToneRIP Seems to Interfere with Epson Printer
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 11:18 AM
> Hi Catherine,
> 
> When you install the Epson driver for the 2200 it becomes
> fixed to the type of
> black ink you have in at the time.  So if you install when
> there's MK ink you
> won't see any papers that take PK ink -- even if you
> change the ink back to PK.
> 
> There are two approaches to dealing with this.  1) whenever
> you change the
> black ink cart to the opposite type of black you must
> delete and re-install the
> Epson driver.  2) if you do this more often is to create
> two epson
> driver installations
> with different names.  With MK ink installed, create a
> printer named
> "Epson 2200 MK"
> and with PK installed create a printer named "Epson
> 2200 PK".  Then you can
> always print to the appropriate printer.
> 
> (BTW, this has nothing to do with the QTR driver.  They can
> co-exist just fine.
>  QTR just uses whatever ink is installed in the printer. 
> It does not
> care which one.)
> 
> Roy
> 
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Tom Moore
> <rtmlists8888@...> wrote:
> > Catherine
> >
> > I can only speak to the PC environment. I do not have
> to do anything other
> > than change the black cart. You can see what the Epson
> driver considers to
> > be installed by using the Epson Status Monitor (or
> whatever the Mac
> > equivalent is). I have never experienced QTR affecting
> the operation of the
> > Epson driver on my PC.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Tom Moore
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> >> Behalf Of Catherine Sobredo
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:36 PM
> >
> > ...
> >
> >> I forgot to ask:  Is there anything I have to do
> when I change the inks to
> >> confirm that the printer has registered the change
> of inks?
> >>
> >
> >

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