QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hello All, I wanted to explore Quadtone RIP's possibilities on an Epson R220 with MIS 
inksets but am having problems with the installation on a G4 Powerbook running OS X 
10.4.6.  

I downloaded and opened the package which immediately went to the Installer Program 
and was installed as normally done with OS X and was "successful" according to the 
Installer.  I could not find the "app" in any folders on my desktop, in my Applications 
folder nor in my Utilities folder.  I could not find "QuadTone RIP" or any varient in any 
application location using Search.

I re-read the QuadTone manuals and then tried to run the Install Script with the R200, 
R320 etc. (R220 is not listed) without success.  I then started my printer and went looking 
for any signs of Quadtone there.  I then went through a number of varients including un-
installing and re-installing with the same results.  I then went toggling anything I could 
find in order to locate some sign of the program.  I did eventually succeed in getting the 
QuadTone version of the R220 to show up in the printer dialogue but in a test print could 
not get any "curves" or "profiles" to toggle up.  I then un-installed again and re-installed 
to see if I missed something in the installation steps.  Same situation but this time I could 
not duplicate whatever I did to get the Quadtone version of the R220 to show up.  I'm 
using the trial version only so have no loss involved but the program does look very 
interesting with a lot of options for hextone printers.

Following is the Diagnostic Script.  I can see the  R220 showing up  but, sorry, I have no 
proficiency in reading Scripts (looks like something I'll need to learn with a Mac though)  
Any help would be appreciated.

Last login: Mon May 15 22:11:42 on ttyp1
/Users/RPB/Desktop/Photography/B\&W/InkJet\ Print/Quadtone\ RIP/
DiagnosticScript.command; exit
Welcome to Darwin!
PowerBook-G4-12:~ RPB$ /Users/RPB/Desktop/Photography/B\&W/InkJet\ Print/
Quadtone\ RIP/DiagnosticScript.command; exit

********************************************************************

**** QuadToneRIP 2.4.0 Diagnostic Script --- Save Output for Analysis ****

********************************************************************

Mon May 15 22:16:42 EDT 2006

**** System Info ****
Darwin Kernel Version 8.6.0: Tue Mar  7 16:58:48 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.70.obj~1/
RELEASE_PPC

**** Printer Info ****
scheduler is running
system default destination: Stylus_Photo_R220
device for Stylus_Photo_R220: ///dev/null
Stylus_Photo_R220 accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00
printer Stylus_Photo_R220 disabled since Jan 01 00:00 -
        Paused

**** QTR Programs ****
/usr/local/bin
Quad.pm*        qcurve*         qgamma*         qmerge*         qspline*
qacv*           qdensity*       qgraph*         qpart*          quadcurves*
qacvraw*        qdiff*          qlimit*         qpart2*         quadprofile*
qadd*           qdotgain*       qline*          qplot*

/usr/libexec/cups/filter
quadtoneprint*  quadtoprinter*

**** Plugin Programs ****
total 0
drwxr-xr-x   3 RPB  RPB  102 Aug 11  2004 QuadTone.plugin

**** QTR Printer Descriptions ****
/usr/share/cups/model/C
escp2-10000-quad.ppd.gz         escp2-860-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1160-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-870-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1200-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-890-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1270-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-9000-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1280-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-9500-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-1290-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-9600-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-2000-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-980-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-2100-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-9800-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-2200-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-EX-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-3000-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R1800-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-4000-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R200-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-4800-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R220-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-7000-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R2400-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-7500-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R300-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-7600-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R320-quad.ppd.gz
escp2-7800-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R800-quad.ppd.gz

**** QTR Profiles ****
ls: /usr/share/cups/quadtone/*: No such file or directory

**** USB connections ****
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  29516 Feb  9 23:17 /usr/libexec/cups/backend/usb
direct usb "Unknown" "USB Printer (usb)"
direct usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R220?serial=M03P20509021322240 "EPSON 
Stylus Photo R220" "Stylus Photo R220"

**** CUPS Info ****
I [15/May/2006:21:13:49 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [15/May/2006:21:13:49 -0400] Full reload is required.
I [15/May/2006:21:13:49 -0400] Full reload complete.
I [15/May/2006:21:22:17 -0400] Setting Stylus_Photo_R220-1 device-uri to "usb://
EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R220?serial=M03P20509021322240" (was "file:/dev/null".)
I [15/May/2006:21:22:17 -0400] Setting Stylus_Photo_R220-1 printer-is-accepting-jobs 
to 1 (was 0.)
I [15/May/2006:21:22:17 -0400] Setting Stylus_Photo_R220-1 printer-state to 3 (was 5.)
I [15/May/2006:21:22:17 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [15/May/2006:21:22:17 -0400] New printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220-1' added by ''.
I [15/May/2006:21:23:29 -0400] Setting Stylus_Photo_R220-2 device-uri to "usb://
EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R220?serial=M03P20509021322240" (was "file:/dev/null".)
I [15/May/2006:21:23:29 -0400] Setting Stylus_Photo_R220-2 printer-is-accepting-jobs 
to 1 (was 0.)
I [15/May/2006:21:23:29 -0400] Setting Stylus_Photo_R220-2 printer-state to 3 (was 5.)
I [15/May/2006:21:23:29 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [15/May/2006:21:23:29 -0400] New printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220-2' added by ''.
I [15/May/2006:21:24:48 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [15/May/2006:21:24:48 -0400] Printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220-1' modified by ''.
I [15/May/2006:21:24:48 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [15/May/2006:21:24:48 -0400] Printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220-1' modified by ''.
I [15/May/2006:21:24:54 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [15/May/2006:21:24:54 -0400] Printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220-1' modified by ''.
I [15/May/2006:21:25:07 -0400] Printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220-2' deleted by ''.
I [15/May/2006:21:25:07 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
E [15/May/2006:21:25:07 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/
Stylus_Photo_R220-2' no good!
E [15/May/2006:21:33:04 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/ ' no good!
E [15/May/2006:21:33:04 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/ ' no good!
I [15/May/2006:21:34:53 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [15/May/2006:21:34:53 -0400] Printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220' started by ''.
I [15/May/2006:21:34:55 -0400] Adding start banner page "none" to job 91.
I [15/May/2006:21:34:55 -0400] Job 91 queued on 'Stylus_Photo_R220' by 'RPB'.
I [15/May/2006:21:34:55 -0400] Started filter /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/
PrintJobMgr/Contents/MacOS/PrintJobMgr (PID 196) for job 91.
W [15/May/2006:21:35:21 -0400] [Job 91] recoverable: Paper out or not loaded correctly
W [15/May/2006:21:35:23 -0400] [Job 91] recoverable: Paper out or not loaded correctly
W [15/May/2006:21:35:25 -0400] [Job 91] recoverable: Paper out or not loaded correctly
W [15/May/2006:21:35:27 -0400] [Job 91] recoverable: Paper out or not loaded correctly
W [15/May/2006:21:35:29 -0400] [Job 91] recoverable: Paper out or not loaded correctly
I [15/May/2006:21:35:30 -0400] Job 91 was cancelled by 'RPB'.
E [15/May/2006:21:35:30 -0400] PID 196 stopped with status 85!
I [15/May/2006:21:35:30 -0400] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out 
more.
I [15/May/2006:21:51:29 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [15/May/2006:21:51:29 -0400] Printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220-1' modified by ''.
E [15/May/2006:21:57:17 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/ ' no good!
E [15/May/2006:21:57:17 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/ ' no good!
I [15/May/2006:21:58:00 -0400] Printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220-1' deleted by ''.
I [15/May/2006:21:58:00 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
E [15/May/2006:21:58:00 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/
Stylus_Photo_R220-1' no good!
E [15/May/2006:21:58:17 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/ ' no good!
E [15/May/2006:21:58:17 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/ ' no good!
I [15/May/2006:22:03:57 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [15/May/2006:22:03:57 -0400] Printer 'Stylus_Photo_R220' stopped by ''.
E [15/May/2006:22:05:43 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/ ' no good!
E [15/May/2006:22:05:43 -0400] get_printer_attrs: resource name '/printers/ ' no good!

********************************************************************

**** QuadToneRIP Diagnostic Script --- Save Output for Analysis ****

********************************************************************

logout
[Process completed]

Hi Robert,

The R220 driver name isn't available yet.   But its completely 
compatible with the R200
so all you need to do is set it up as if it were are a R200.  The 
auto-installation won't work
but the installation is pretty easy to workaround.  The idea is to use 
the name QuadR200
and connect it to your R220.   So in Print Utility, click Add, select 
the R220 printer, set
the name to QuadR200 and select in Print Using:  QuadTone 2.4 R200.
Now you will be able to use the InstallR200 script.

The more involved issue is that I'm not sure which set of inks you 
actually have and in
any case there aren't any pre-made profiles for MIS inks on the R200.  
Are you using EZBW
inks?  With these its also possible to just print with the Epson driver.

Roy

On Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at 07:05  AM, robert49brake wrote:

> Hello All, I wanted to explore Quadtone RIP's possibilities on an 
> Epson R220 with MIS
> inksets but am having problems with the installation on a G4 Powerbook 
> running OS X
> 10.4.6.
>
> I downloaded and opened the package which immediately went to the 
> Installer Program
> and was installed as normally done with OS X and was "successful" 
> according to the
> Installer.  I could not find the "app" in any folders on my desktop, 
> in my Applications
> folder nor in my Utilities folder.  I could not find "QuadTone RIP" or 
> any varient in any
> application location using Search.
>
> I re-read the QuadTone manuals and then tried to run the Install 
> Script with the R200,
> R320 etc. (R220 is not listed) without success.  I then started my 
> printer and went looking
> for any signs of Quadtone there.  I then went through a number of 
> varients including un-
> installing and re-installing with the same results.  I then went 
> toggling anything I could
> find in order to locate some sign of the program.  I did eventually 
> succeed in getting the
> QuadTone version of the R220 to show up in the printer dialogue but in 
> a test print could
> not get any "curves" or "profiles" to toggle up.  I then un-installed 
> again and re-installed
> to see if I missed something in the installation steps.  Same 
> situation but this time I could
> not duplicate whatever I did to get the Quadtone version of the R220 
> to show up.  I'm
> using the trial version only so have no loss involved but the program 
> does look very
> interesting with a lot of options for hextone printers.
>
> Following is the Diagnostic Script.  I can see the  R220 showing up  
> but, sorry, I have no
> proficiency in reading Scripts (looks like something I'll need to 
> learn with a Mac though)
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Last login: Mon May 15 22:11:42 on ttyp1
> /Users/RPB/Desktop/Photography/B\&W/InkJet\ Print/Quadtone\ RIP/
> DiagnosticScript.command; exit
> Welcome to Darwin!
> PowerBook-G4-12:~ RPB$ /Users/RPB/Desktop/Photography/B\&W/InkJet\ 
> Print/
> Quadtone\ RIP/DiagnosticScript.command; exit
>
> ********************************************************************
>
> **** QuadToneRIP 2.4.0 Diagnostic Script --- Save Output for Analysis 
> ****
>
> ********************************************************************
>
> Mon May 15 22:16:42 EDT 2006
>
> **** System Info ****
> Darwin Kernel Version 8.6.0: Tue Mar  7 16:58:48 PST 2006; 
> root:xnu-792.6.70.obj~1/
> RELEASE_PPC
>
> **** Printer Info ****
> scheduler is running
> system default destination: Stylus_Photo_R220
> device for Stylus_Photo_R220: ///dev/null
> Stylus_Photo_R220 accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00
> printer Stylus_Photo_R220 disabled since Jan 01 00:00 -
>         Paused
>
> **** QTR Programs ****
> /usr/local/bin
> Quad.pm*        qcurve*         qgamma*         qmerge*         
> qspline*
> qacv*           qdensity*       qgraph*         qpart*          
> quadcurves*
> qacvraw*        qdiff*          qlimit*         qpart2*         
> quadprofile*
> qadd*           qdotgain*       qline*          qplot*
>
> /usr/libexec/cups/filter
> quadtoneprint*  quadtoprinter*
>
> **** Plugin Programs ****
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x   3 RPB  RPB  102 Aug 11  2004 QuadTone.plugin
>
> **** QTR Printer Descriptions ****
> /usr/share/cups/model/C
> escp2-10000-quad.ppd.gz         escp2-860-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-1160-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-870-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-1200-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-890-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-1270-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-9000-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-1280-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-9500-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-1290-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-9600-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-2000-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-980-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-2100-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-9800-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-2200-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-EX-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-3000-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R1800-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-4000-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R200-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-4800-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R220-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-7000-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R2400-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-7500-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R300-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-7600-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R320-quad.ppd.gz
> escp2-7800-quad.ppd.gz          escp2-R800-quad.ppd.gz
>
> **** QTR Profiles ****
> ls: /usr/share/cups/quadtone/*: No such file or directory
>
> **** USB connections ****
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel  29516 Feb  9 23:17 
> /usr/libexec/cups/backend/usb
> direct usb "Unknown" "USB Printer (usb)"
> direct usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R220?serial=M03P20509021322240 
> "EPSON
> Stylus Photo R220" "Stylus Photo R220"
>
-
Roy Harrington
roy@...
Black & White Photo Gallery
http://www.harrington.com

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
> 
> The R220 driver name isn't available yet.   But its completely 
> compatible with the R200
> so all you need to do is set it up as if it were are a R200.  The 
> auto-installation won't work
> but the installation is pretty easy to workaround.  The idea is to use 
> the name QuadR200
> and connect it to your R220.   So in Print Utility, click Add, select 
> the R220 printer, set
> the name to QuadR200 and select in Print Using:  QuadTone 2.4 R200.
> Now you will be able to use the InstallR200 script.
> 
> The more involved issue is that I'm not sure which set of inks you 
> actually have and in
> any case there aren't any pre-made profiles for MIS inks on the R200.  
> Are you using EZBW
> inks?  With these its also possible to just print with the Epson driver.

Thanks for the response, Roy.  I think a great deal of the "problem" is a "warning" that 
comes up telling me the Install Script can't find the Printer QuadR200 when in fact it has 
and I've been able to print through the QuadR200 dialogue box since following your post.  
I didn't understand that the printer is installed with a given inkset.  I believe I have it 
installed with the R200GQ and it printed so I can see an eventual resolution to that 
problem.  I re-read your info on "Installing custom QTR Profiles for (sp?-from?) another 
source" and I see how that can work although I couldn't find just the ink description 
section of a profile at MIS in order to create an install script with that ink per your tutorial.   

I'm currently using MIS UT-R2 with Paul Roark's profiles with excellant results.  I have both 
warm and nuetral sets and am building a small library of tonal combinations by manually 
swapping cartridges and papers.  This was always a "temporary" method for me as I have 
been awaiting the release of UT-3D and I may simply be jumping the gun here.  The 
reason I went to QTR was for the profiling ability for different papers not already published 
and the belief that the UT-3D inksets will need some sort of curve for toning the inkset.  I 
may not fully understand the 3D set yet but that is what seems logical to me at the 
moment: a profile for the printer/paper for the density and varying curves for the toning 
properties of the inkset.  There seem to be other minor issues more with me and 
understanding executable Scripts (I'm new to Mac as of my switch to Digital Photography 
six months ago.)

The long term goal here is to be able to create my own profiles and curves eventually for 
the UT-3D inkset with different papers so that I'm not constantly swapping cartridges as I 
do with the UT-R2.   Another side interest is the creation of digital negatives by inkjet for 
contact printing (I found an accessable darkroom within walking distance of where I have 
recently moved to and I can't give up Silver altogether.)  The idea of the control curves and 
profiles would give sound very useful for making digital negatives.  

The R220 I'm using may not be the best choice support wise for this sort of thing but I 
have one dedicated for B&W and even with wet prints I never worked larger than 8x10 so I 
haven't found any reason to go larger yet.  

I appreciate your response.  My heavy seasonal workload is about to take off this coming 
Monday so most of this will have to be put on the back burner until winter anyway, by then 
I expect a great deal of work will have been done on the UT-3D and I'll see where things 
go.  Thanks again!