QTR-Quadtone RIP

Will it be much work to add the 10000 to the supported printers in QTR 
?  Curves etc not needed but just the basics.

I'm happy with my 10000 for color and I see prices for the 10000 drop 
with the 9800 announcement + the 9000 Quad here is so slow. It still may 
become a 9800 if the price isn't too high in Euros (Epson's normal 
policy though).

Ernst

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@c...> wrote:
> Will it be much work to add the 10000 to the supported printers in QTR 
> ?  Curves etc not needed but just the basics.
> 
> I'm happy with my 10000 for color and I see prices for the 10000 drop 
> with the 9800 announcement + the 9000 Quad here is so slow. It still may 
> become a 9800 if the price isn't too high in Euros (Epson's normal 
> policy though).
> 
> Ernst

Hi Ernst,

Is the idea to convert the 10000 to quad grays?  Since its a 6 ink printer I
don't think the combo color/B&W is likely to work. (also true of the 10600)

The main difficulty in getting the 10000 working is that I don't have access to one
for testing and calibration.  You might try pretending its a 9600, from the docs
it looks real close to the 9600 except no 2880 or 1440 8pass.   Only 1440 4pass
which is 1440dpi in the 9600 dialog.

Roy

Roy, you wrote:

>
>
>Is the idea to convert the 10000 to quad grays?  Since its a 6 ink printer I
>don't think the combo color/B&W is likely to work. (also true of the 10600)
>
>The main difficulty in getting the 10000 working is that I don't have access to one
>for testing and calibration.  You might try pretending its a 9600, from the docs
>it looks real close to the 9600 except no 2880 or 1440 8pass.   Only 1440 4pass
>which is 1440dpi in the 9600 dialog.
>  
>

Yes, with a conversion to quad greys. I think with 3 grey inks and c,m,Y 
toners. The droplet size will allow that.
If it gets so far I could try the 9600 driver. There's a firmware 
upgrade for the 10000 that gives it 1440 8 pass too.

The price of a secondhand 10000 really has to drop considerably to give 
the right difference to the 9800 with its one year Epson service, but as 
written before the Euro price of the 9800 will not be like the dollar price.

Ernst