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Ink Management

Ink Management

2015-11-04 by drewhorn79@...

Hi Guys, I am new to QTRIP. Just installed it, so far so good. I have an Epson Artisian 1430, using a Mac and I am Printing on film transparencies. When i do so there appears to be excess ink on the film. I know that more inks supposed to be put down but is there a way to decrease the amount being put down.. I have gone through the docs that came with the program but no luck. Maybe I don't understand something properly. Many suggestions? or, advice.


Cheers,


Drew

Re: Ink Management

2015-11-04 by richard@...

Are you printing the ink separation page to determine the max ink load the transparency material can handle for creating your own profiles or just printing with some existing profile/curve that is included with QTR? Also, are you intending to print inkjet negatives with the epson inks or a third party ink set?

If you are just printing with existing profiles then there is a check box for advanced options, and when that is clicked there is a slider labeled "ink limit". lowering that slider will lower the total amount of ink for the currently selected curve(s). This is different than the ink limits for each channel that are set in the ink descriptor file.

Hope that doesn't confuse things further. It wasn't exactly clear where you are starting from and where you are trying to go with this.

Richard Boutwell

http://www.richardboutwell.com/

Re: Ink Management

2015-11-05 by drewhorn79@...

Hi Richard,

I am just using the existing profits. I did print the ink separation page and worked out that 60 was probably the point of Max in load. Unfortunately i had no clue what to do with that data. I did see check box too which you are referring and i will give that another go, I may not of lowered the level enough the first time I tried.

I will be using a third party inset once i start running low on my existing inks, probably go for one of the refillable types.

Any more direction you can give?

Also when I try to select different curves it does not give me any option to choose from in the drop down boxes. I am using the latest Photoshop to print from. I am a complete Newbie at this hope you or anyone can help.
Drew

Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Ink Management

2015-11-05 by Greg Franco

Are you printing on transparency to make digital negatives for alt processes? If so there are some instructions available online...try Ron Reeder's or Clay Harmon's websites. 

Greg.

On 11/4/2015 4:46:34 PM, drewhorn79@yahoo.com [QuadtoneRIP] <quadtonerip@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
Hi Richard, 

I am just using the existing profits.  I did print the ink separation page and worked out that 60 was probably the point of Max in load.  Unfortunately i had no clue what to do with that data. I did see check box too which you are referring and i will give that another go, I may not of lowered the level enough the first time I tried.  

I will be using a third party inset once i start running low on my existing inks, probably go for one of the refillable types.

Any more direction you can give?

Also when I try to select different curves it does not give me any option to choose from in the drop down boxes.  I am using the latest Photoshop to print from.  I am a complete Newbie at this hope you or anyone can help.
Drew


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Re: Ink Management

2015-11-05 by lfbgoldwork@...

Drew, I'm wondering what you mean by printing from Photoshop. To use the features of QTR you open your image into it and then it controls how the inks are laid down on the medium. You do all of your editing in Photoshop but none of the printing.

Les

Re: Ink Management

2015-11-09 by drewhorn79@...

HI Les,


How do you open the image into QTR?

I have the QTR program and then just print from photoshop. I just select QTR as the printer profile and go from there. As per the instructions that came with it. I use a Mac BTW.

Drew

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