QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thank you Walker. I will look at the B/W forum. I have not done any darkromm printing/toning to speak of. But I really enjoy the possibilities with mixing my own inks and toning options independent of past darkroom techniques - just getting a visually pleasing effect that harmonizes well with each paper white. I find that is the key, i.e., print hue that complements paper color, rather than fights against the paper color.

Shilesh

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Walker Blackwell <forums@...> wrote:
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> Eric Edmondson and I are developing a loose set of techniques for matching any split-tone print from any bw print system (silver or digital) using modern inkjet printers and correct software (1880, z3200, etc)
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> The software we have tested them on have been ColorBurst and StudioPrint but with a good RGB driver and a good modern inkjet printer there is no reason why these methods wouldn't work on anything.
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> We will be publishing the methods at labography.com soon (once I get done with my classes this semester) and will be soliciting people to give us LaB data or silver/digital gray-ramp prints so we can build an archive of print hue/luminance values before silver is completely "dead."
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> If you want to get a jump on it, our conversation can be found at Digital BW the Print.
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> Hopefully this will help a bit on the lack of QTR support for the 11880.
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> All the best,
> Walker
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> On May 5, 2010, at 4:20 PM, shileshjani wrote:
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> > Roy,
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> > 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?
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> > Time to buy up X880 printers to mothball. Sometimes there is no accounting for business decisions!
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> > Shilesh
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> > --- 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.
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> > > 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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