QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi All,

Glad to be part of this new and much needed group. I suppose the 
formation of this group, by itself, validates the importance of the 
QTR.

Count me in. I am only a lowly amateur with modest output, but 
hopefully I will be able to contribute in a useful way. I used to 
have a b/w & color darkroom (many years ago) and enjoyed it 
immensely, but the distractions of life became all-consuming. The 
digital process has seduced me once again, and I feel strongly that 
I'll stay with daylight printing.

Love my QTR!

Best wishes,

Jeff Singer
http://pbase.com/k2kv

I downloaded the software, paid my fee, printed a couple of sheets on EEM paper, and I am 
now ready to do some serious printing.

I have a Mac G4 Cube, with 10.4 Tiger, upgraded 120 Gigs hard drive, upgraded 1.2 Ghz 
processor, PhotoShop CS2, Epson C86 printer with MIS EZ inks, and an Epson R2400 printer.

I did have some problems installing the software, since I did not realize that you have to 
separately install the profiles for the Quadtone driver to show up in the "printer set up' utility.

Martin

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Philippe Bachelier <philippe.bachelier@l...> wrote:
>
> Do you see a difference between the b&w prints printed with the r2400  
> and the Epson driver vs QTR ? Which papers do you use ?
> Philippe
> 
> Le 29 nov. 05 à 05:14, mxgo95747 a écrit :
>

Not at the size that I have been playing with:  5 inches by 6 plus inches. 
 I have only tried EEM.  

I will next try 26 step strips and see if there is any differences.  I will post the results.

As to papers, I was hoping to see Epson VFA and/or HRag 188 or 308 cotton rag profiles.  
Images on those two papers pretty much look alike as far as Dmax goes.  Not measured, but 
just eye balling the prints.

Martin

Hello all!

New to the group and hope to learn a thing or two. I've been printing 
with a 1280 for color and a 1200 for B&W for over three years and 
have always used the epson drivers. Not long ago, I purchased a 4800 
and started to look into RIP's, of which I know nothing about. At 
first I started looking at ImagePrint because of their Phatte Black 
option. Then StudioPrint, QImage and now QTR. The latter two I had 
read others discuss in other forums, such as the DigitalB&W fourm. 
The more I read about RIPs and the costs involved, and what I read 
about QI and QTR, I felt I needed to start asking questions. I have 
read very favorable things about QTR and hope everyone can put up 
with someone who is very interested in learning, and asks questions.  
I had been making scanner based profiles using Monacos EZColor. It 
was a good way to begin learning but I wanted to move up. I recently 
aquired PrintFixPro and want to know what I need to be aware of in 
making RGB profiles used for making B&W prints. As I said, I looked 
into IP and the Phatte option, but have decided to stick with the 3K 
set up that the 4800 utilizes. I still want to be able to print in 
both color and B&W, but I want to use just the one printer. I sold 
the 1280, and the 1200 is just to old.(I bought a refurbed unit 
almost 5 years ago!)I still am on the fence as to whether I want to 
stay with the Epson(expensive)K3 or the MIS(affordable)K4 inks 
however. Any opinions. Basicly at this point I'm just trying to get a 
feeling as to whether the QTR will give me the better B&W that I'm 
striving for, rather than just using Epsons ABW, and how do I start 
out to find out, besides downloading the program. Hope that makes 
sense.