2013-06-30 by Roy Harrington
Ken, I think you are doing the doubling up of inks incorrectly. For instance you have: Magenta is 50% of black -- LK is the same ink. You don t want to halve
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2013-06-30 by Paul Roark
Lots of variables -- the load that QTR is printing the patches would be the first one I d be sure is equalized. Too much ink on the paper will give a mottled
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2013-06-30 by Pete Bergstrom
Hmm, from your description, it sounds like you may have gotten some bad paper. Did the problem crop up in the middle of a package of the RR paper or with a new
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2013-06-30 by ccolbertbw
... Thanks for clarifying. I didn t realize that you were doubling up on the densities and didn t figure it out from your notation. Clear enough now. I spot
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2013-06-30 by Jacques Caron
Oops This is the address : MHAyyijJJx-nnrbP6XlRmpf-qalk7IZZ-MY0WcpCOb0 ... Jacques Caron Photographe jacques.caron@videotron.qc.ca [Non-text portions of this
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2013-06-29 by vladseaschell
Hi all Could someone please tell me how to activate QTR print tool and how do you use print tool from L/R to print. QTR print tool appears in application
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2013-06-29 by Jacques Caron
Hi Actually I m using the .quad file made for my RedRiver paper by Paul Roark. I think that the limit was set near 35% globally. When I print tests on Epson
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2013-06-29 by Jacques Caron
Hi all Since I m stuck with a problem that I can t quite understand, I re-made a print from the QTR ink limit PSD; the results is here:
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2013-06-29 by Jacques via Dropbox
Bonjour, Jacques (jacques.caron@videotron.qc.ca) souhaite partager avec vous quelques fichiers d un dossier nommé EPSON 1430 en utilisant Dropbox. Afficher
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2013-06-29 by Jacques Caron via Dropbox
Jacques used Dropbox to share an album with you! Click here to view Photo prise le 29 juin 2013: https://www.dropbox.com/l/jjYryXWtKDWfgX56LafZSa [Non-text
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2013-06-29 by Jacques Caron
Hi I m better with photography than sharing folders. I followed your advice and hope that everything is OK now. Thanks ... Jacques Caron Photographe
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2013-06-29 by kenleegallery
If you look at http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/carbon/PlatineCalibration.jpg you will see the readings for the most dense patch of each ink are at the
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2013-06-29 by J.F. Felinik
This link is not a share link, but an invite, that doesnt work. Please go to the folder you want to share in dropbox, right click, and select Share link
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2013-06-29 by ccolbertbw
Ken, 1) Be sure you make the calibration sheet with calibration mode chosen in the print driver. 2) Make sure you print the step wedge normally (i.e., without
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2013-06-29 by Jacques Caron
Hi I made a test in Photoshop for my Epson 1430. When using QTRip, I had a kind of solarization . To check it out, I printed the file Printer testy_A new
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2013-06-29 by Jacques via Dropbox
Bonjour, Jacques (jacques.caron@videotron.qc.ca) souhaite partager avec vous quelques fichiers d un dossier nommé EPSON 1430 en utilisant Dropbox. Afficher
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2013-06-28 by Jacques Caron
Hi Just to say that I have suddenly the same problem with QTR, EB6 on a 1430; pseudo-solarisation and a wedge that shows exactly what you are describing. I m
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2013-06-28 by kenleegallery
I measured the QTR calibration page with a spectrophotometer and made a second calibration print with adjusted ink density. Then I determined the relative
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2013-06-27 by Pete Bergstrom
Are you limiting the inks when you print with QTR? In order to get a reasonable ramp from light to heavy printing, I usually end up limiting each ink to less
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2013-06-27 by jcphoto52
Hi all Is it normal that when I m printing patches of pure colours , the Epson driver is giving me ultra smooth results and QTR shows more mottled printing?
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2013-06-26 by Jacques Caron
Now I know that I have a problem! I printed the Grey 255 lin.tif and I can already see that I have a lot of squares exactly the same grey (all the ones near
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2013-06-26 by Jacques Caron
Update, using the Epson driver, the prints are OK. Not as good as I would want but no polarization at all. It seems that QTR is the culprit but I don t know
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2013-06-26 by jcphoto52
Hi I don t know why but my prints are getting out of my printer (Epson 1430 - Eboni-6) with a solarize look. I made a nozzle check and everything seem perfect.
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2013-06-26 by Bernard Wolf
Have you checked your monitor profile? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2013-06-25 by tboleyyh
never mind folks.. we found it... T
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2013-06-25 by tboleyyh
Trying to help a friend troubleshoot this... Epson 4800- Color prints normally ABW prints normally QTR suddenly prints way too light, same file same settings
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2013-06-25 by Lew Schwartz
Also the website and newsletter at: http://www.alternativephotography.com -Lew Schwartz On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:22 AM, christie238@btinternet.com
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2013-06-24 by Robert Hofmeyr
Just an update in case anyone else has this problem. I emailed Roy Harrington (QTR Developer) and he sent me a file that fixed the problem.
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2013-06-23 by J.F. Felinik
Hi, Okay! Cheers JF -- http://felinik.com http://www.facebook.com/jf.felinik 2013/6/23 Roy Harrington
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2013-06-23 by Roy Harrington
Sorry. There s really no way. Roy ... -- Roy Harrington roy@harrington.com www.harrington.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2013-06-23 by kenleegallery
Thank you very much. I ran some cleaning cycles and now I get the black ink.
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2013-06-23 by ccolbertbw
I don t think you have any bad settings, but I am not familiar with how to choose matte or photo black on the 3880.
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2013-06-22 by kenleegallery
Oh - You re right. The black ink isn t printing. I m getting only 7 step-wedges. The 3880 printer has 7 inks, plus either Matte or Photo black - and neither of
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2013-06-22 by ccolbertbw
When that happens to me, it just means the black channel is not printing. Are you getting a black band?
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2013-06-22 by kenleegallery
When I print the calibration target, I only see bands of ink: there are no numbers. I am using Eboni 6 inks. Am I missing something please ?
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2013-06-22 by Robert Hofmeyr
Hi All, I m struggling to get QTR working with my Epson R2000. The QTR website says it s supported, but when I try to run the script to install the profiles
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2013-06-21 by J.F. Felinik
Roy, Is there now way to fool the qtr/printer in order to get full borderless printing? I ve been trying setting up paper settings that are defining bigger
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2013-06-21 by christie238@btinternet.com
... A good one which I use a lot is alternative photography.com
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2013-06-21 by bill_iverson_washington
www.DPUG.org is pretty good.
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2013-06-21 by phlg@ymail.com
You can build an xls file based on the Linearization Checker of Jon Cone, with 256 entries instead of 21. Pascal
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2013-06-21 by Arnold
Thanks for your response. Not sure why, but after the reinstall everything is back to normal. Probably user error, the usual suspects. From: Roy Harrington
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2013-06-20 by John Labovitz
... Yes, that s right. A .quad file can be looked at as a series of X-Y tables, with the inputs along the X axis, expressed as 8-bit integers (256 levels), and
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2013-06-20 by tboleyyh
Looking for good on line forums with active membership involved in alternative or historical print processes, particularly if involving some digital steps,
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2013-06-20 by J.F. Felinik
Hi I have the same problem here for my Epson 1400 with MIS ink, I rarely print matte, and it s only for matte I ve been using QTR, but today I got a cpl of new
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2013-06-20 by Roy Harrington
QTR is still the same. It says 2.7.0 for the GUI but the driver is 2.7.2 If the prints are different something else going on. Check inks, paper, Settings you
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2013-06-20 by baroniverk
Hi anybody got advice on true centering of image on paper. Also has anyone any experience of printing through Quark Xpress? I use an Epson 4800.
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2013-06-19 by Vincent Wan
Sorry my previous post was unclear. I have read the previous discussions on this board on linearization using QTR to build curves. I have tried different ink
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2013-06-19 by KentB
I suggest you use the 21 x4 chart... measuring 256 is not going to get you a smoother curve. The random 21x4 works well...this is what Roy suggested...
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2013-06-19 by Vincent Wan
Dear All, How do I figure out the ideal 256 lab values between black and white (where the paper white is density .03, L 97.63 and DMax is density 1.71 and
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2013-06-17 by tboleyyh
this worked perfectly Roy. The somewhat finnicky TCP/IP ports still worked right off the bat on the PC, and the printers connected to the switcher immediately
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