QTR-Quadtone RIP

I'm trying to set up for using MIS UT14 ink in an Epson Stylus 1500w (identical to Artisan 1430).  I'm running Mountain Lion OS on a Macbook.  I've been trying to use dpgoldenberg's files from this site but keep getting the message access denied when the install script is trying to access the library with the profiles.  I can only install the printer as Quad1400 and cannot put any ink names or anything after this (e.g. Quad1400-UT14) regardless of permutations of folder name, install script name and printer name.

The only profiles (curves?) installed are Claria-2880-EPGPP and Claria-2880-HFBG-BO, which weren't in the installation folder.  I had been able to install Paul Roark's profiles for Claria inks previously, but so far none for UT14.

Has anyone set up UT14 profiles on a 1430 with Mountain Lion? and if so how did you do it?

I am still fairly clueless about the whole electrical photography business and new to Macs as well, so any help would be gratefully received.

ta

Ross

Problem now seems solved.

My understanding so far from Roy's tutorial, is that to load profiles you should do this from applications/QuadtoneRIP/Profiles, by either creating a "source" folder or using a pre-existing one and clicking on Installxxxx.command, within the folder.  This would automatically do whatever it does and either install the profiles in a pre-existing "destination" folder in HD/Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone, or create a new folder for the profiles (for instance if you were setting up a folder with ink set name).

After several attempts I was having problems trying to set up with a "source" folder with the name 1400-UT14 or trying to use 1400-MIS, even with the printer set up with these names.  I then set the printer up as Quad1400 and installed using Install1400.command from a folder named 1400, which worked up to a point.  I could now access curves for Claria-2880, which already exist in the Quad1400 "destination" folder, but the UT14 profiles did not get through.  A couple of alerts were showing up such as "Unable to create curve folder /Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone/Quad1400".  

I then tried copying the UT14 profiles directly into HD/Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone/1400, but could not access the curves through print from Elements.  So the next thing I tried was re-installing the curves from applications, this worked.

It appears that there is a problem when the installxxxx.command is trying to access the library to place the profiles in a "destination" folder.  It only works if you copy the profiles into the library folder before installing from applications.  I can't find anything in system preferences which might overcome this.

If anyone else is having similar issues, this is the procedure I used;

Connect to the printer with a USB cable, don't use wireless access.  In System preferences/Print and Scan, with the 1500 (1430) installed normally, click the + to add printer, in the dialogue box highlight "Epson Stylus Photo 1500 (kind)USB", in name field type "Quad1400", in "use" field highlight "select printer software" and find QuadtoneRIP 2.7 Epson 1400, click OK and then Add.  (I can't be sure if using bonjour will work just as well as I didn't get that far).

Next, create a folder in applications/QuadtoneRIP/Profiles called "1400" and place any profiles in here, the ones I had were *****.quad.  Also drag the Install1400.command into this folder from InstallScripts folder.  Copy the profiles into HD/Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone/Quad1400

Back at applications/QuadtoneRIP/Profiles/1400 double click Install1400.command and it should all work.  I assume this will also work with the Artisan 1430.

If anyone with better understanding can see any flaws, errors or other idiocies in this approach, please make comments.

Ross

Also discovered this in an earlier post;

"The problem was solved changing the access and sharing parameters of the quad
folder:
Go to Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone, there you select your printer from the list
and ctrl+click to get to the advanced options drop down menu, select 'get info',
at the bottom of new options window, change the access parameters to
'Read+Write'. Then run the install script within QTR again and they should show
up."