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Re: QTRip printing in Color?

2011-03-12 by shileshjani

I believe GQ was an quad inkset sold some years ago by Media Street.

Shilesh


--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Mike Finley <mike.finley@...> wrote:
>
> I would guess from the 'Q' in the printer description, that its for a 
> specific monochrome inkset (Q standing for Quadtone) where all inks are 
> shades of grey. As you're using Epson inks it will be printing colour 
> inks where it expects to have have a lighter shade of grey. 'G' will 
> probably refer to an ink manufacturer.
> 
> If you're using the Epson inks, unless someone else says different stick 
> to the Epson driver.
> 
> On 11/03/2011 20:20, Les Kanekuni wrote:
> >
> > Epson.
> >
> > In Photoshop print window:
> > Color Handling: Photoshop manages colors
> > Printer Profile: QTR RGB Matte Paper
> > Rendering Intent: Perceptual
> > Black Point Compensation (checked)
> >
> > In Printer print window:
> >
> > Printer: QuadR300-GQ
> >
> > In Quad Tone RIP window:
> >
> > Mode: Quad Tone RIP
> >
> > Curve 1: R200 neutral
> >
> > When I went back to standard Epson and generic grayscale profile in
> > Photoshop the output was fine -- no color.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Which inks do you have in the printer? (Epson, or if third party, who?)
> > >I'm not familiar with the R200, but suspect that the standard Epson inks
> > >aren't suitable for use with QTR.
> > >What's the exact name for the QTR curves you used?
> > >
> > >
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