QTR-Quadtone RIP

That is wonderful, Roy. Did you try to control the additional ink channels (orange and green, is it?)?

I was seriously considering buying a 4880 to mothball for a few years. Earlier today, I looked up specs on the new 4900, and it too lists ESC/P2 as the printer controler. So perhaps the near future is not so bleak. The R3000 also looks promising with ESC/P2 control as well.

Shilesh

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
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> Interesting development.
> 
> I got a hold of a 7900 briefly so I could try the QTR driver.
> -- the method was just to use the 7880 driver and print a calibration page --
> Anyway printing at 2880dpi seems to work as expected, but both the
> 1440dpi and 1440super modes printed expanded output (twice as wide as expected).
> So the good news is we have something working, but its not completely
> compatible.
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> Whether the 7890 has the same result is another question.  If we can only print
> at 2880 I think that would be workable.   These new printers are faster already.
> 
> Roy
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> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Kees <ctb@...> wrote:
> > Thanks Roy,
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> > I actually ordered a 7880 in January but my dealer just told me epson germany (also delivering the netherlands) is out of stock. So I am thinking of buying the 7890, only if....
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> > Is epson actually licensing this new ESC/P3 now instead of just give it?
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> > kees
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> > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@> wrote:
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> >> I had a suspicion that they may be compatible with the old drivers and
> >> heard others speculate it as well.
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> >> The US user guide does not say this.  So I checked the UK website and
> >> the user guide there is a totally different document.  Sure enough it
> >> has this about both control codes.  Its encouraging but I'd like to see it
> >> actually working before being sure.
> >>
> >> Anybody have one of the new printers who can just try it?
> >> 7890, 7900, 9890, 9900, 11880 -- any of them.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Roy
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Kees <ctb@> wrote:
> >> > addition to my earlier post:
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> >> > From the epson 7890/9890 specs in the user guide:
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> >> > Control code: ESC/P2 ESC/P3
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> >> > Does this mean it is backwards compatible with ESC/P2 and maybe QTR?
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> >> > kees
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