QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thank you for the info.  One of the few times one wishes one had a PC>

Catherine


--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Steve and Ann Taylor <taylorfamily3688@...> wrote:

> From: Steve and Ann Taylor <taylorfamily3688@...>
> Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QuadToneRIP Seems to Interfere with Epson Printer
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 11:34 AM
> I think this is true only on the Mac. On my PC I have never
> had to  
> re-install the Epson driver when changing black inks. It
> usually  
> recognizes the ink change, sometimes I have to do a status
> check or exit  
> the printing function and re-enter it, but it never
> requires deleting and  
> re-installing the driver.
> Steve
> 
> On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:18:25 -0700, Roy Harrington
> <roy@...>  
> wrote:
> 
> > 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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