QTR-Quadtone RIP

Art Romano <aromanocpa@...> wrote:
>
>...just getting into black and white printing with my 
> Epson R220, I am getting ready to buy
> some inks from inksupply.com and no sooner do I get 
> there and now I need a rip program.

See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R220_R2_Readme.pdf for some options with MIS inks, including some that do not require a RIP.

I designed the inkset to work with just the Epson driver, and Elements was the image editor I assumed would be used.

There are some ICCs available, and as you get into it more, you may want to be able to make your own ICCs (using QTR's "Create ICC" that is part of the download package).  But, you don't need to do or buy anything to get good prints with the UT-R2 inkset. 

Note that while Elements does not support soft proofing, the ICC approach makes the system "color managed" such that the print will match the relative densities of a calibrated monitor.  Being able to make these ICCs with a flatbed scanner is something I've been pushing for some time (see http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Making_B-W_ICCs-GrayCard.pdf) and Roy will soon make even easier with a script that runs on PS CS3 & 4.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com