QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi All,

Sorry if this shows up twice since I wrote a post and it didn't 
post... probably since my account was not used for so long my email 
was wrong.

ok onto the questions....

I use Qimage to print because it has vector scaling and did a 
beautiful job on my D30 prints upto 12x18.  Now I have 1D shots to 
print so this might not be so important, but every little bit helps 
when upscaling.  So my question is, how does this print software 
compare?  Qimage prints in 16bit  (I'm pretty sure... but its been a 
long while to mess with this... maybe it handles 16 bit images but 
prints 8?).  I know on screen I see a huge difference in 8 to 16 
bit, so I would think banding of gradients would show up on print 
too.... that is if the printer can produce that many shades.

I've downloaded the manual for the quadtoneRIP software which is 
what lead me here. I read half the manual and skimmed the last 
half.  I'm puzzled by how this software works with the K7 inks.  The 
manual talks about adjusting it warm or cool but the K7 inks are 
neutral.  Later the manual shows color print testing and again I'm 
curious how I would set up for k7 inks.  Or is there really no set 
up required (haha... one could wish!) :-)

Thanks all,

James