QTR-Quadtone RIP

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 6:05 PM, donbga <dsbryant@...> wrote:
> Roy,
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Whoa, wait a minute. Re-installing the Epson driver isn't necessary
> with a PC. Simply swap the carts and power cycle the printer. You may
> need to reboot the PC as well but that's all it takes to see the
> proper media options.

Catherine's got a Mac so that is what I was referring to.  I'm not sure about
all the PC issues.  I'd be surprised if you needed to reboot computer but
I don't know.  I think you can go into the Printer Maintenance tab and
select the other ink.

>
> I'm not sure how QTR reads the ink cart, but it seems if it doesn't
> read the printer directly it must be looking at some internal setting
> that the Epson driver sets.

QTR does none of the above -- it just prints -- you get whatever ink comes out
of the jets.

>
> Anyway swaping MK/PK or PK/MK carts on the 2200 doesn't require a
> driver re-install.

On the Mac that's what Epson did.

Roy

>
> Don Bryant
>