QTR-Quadtone RIP

Roy,

Is this a ded-end in your view? Or can it be hacked in time? I would think that even if you don't use 3rd party inks, QTR would a competitive advantage for Epson because of its sheer versatility for custom toning. Without QTR, Epson is a less compelling option than the newer Canons (and perhaps HPs). Is there a split-toning feature coming for ABW in future driver updates?

Time to buy up X880 printers to mothball. Sometimes there is no accounting for business decisions!

Shilesh

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
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> Epson changed the protocol for the driver to communicate with the printers.
> (Old one was called ESC/P2 -- new one is ESC/P3).   It's very
> different from what
> I can see.  The printers you mention use it.
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> I did contact them with a request for info.  But after a short
> interaction about why
> I needed the info, they never replied again.
> 
> Roy
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> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM, john <deanwork2003@...> wrote:
> > I can't find any reference on this list as to why QTR is not being developed for the recent Epson machines.
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> > Are they locking out third party software now? What IS going on with them?
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> > john
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