QTR-Quadtone RIP

I did RTFM, and used flush carts in my R800.  I bumbled through, after
realizing I hadn't removed the seals and today found what seem like
applicable instructions on the Pizeography web site.  I am getting
what I feel are really good all black ink prints scans of 30 year old
6x7 negatives.  Have just used the built in Epson enhanced matte paper
profile, and have not yet tackled using my EyeOne to tweak the curves.
My question is this:  It seems wasteful and is very costly to print
multiple cleaning cycles using all the colors to flush and then
restart with the 3 Eboni carts.  Does anyone have a way and/or
possibly a TIF to
just flush and recharge the Photo Black, Matte Black, and Glop so as
not to waste all that color ink?  And what about the Glop? I am awaiting
delivery of a R1800, which I wished I had bought in the first place. 
But now I plan to use one printer for dedicated B&W and the other for
glossy color and B&W printing.  Which might be better for those specific
applications?  Any answers, suggestions, or other encouragement will
be greatly appreciated.  Lots of good answers so far from members of
this group.

Hello John. What I have done in the past is to use cleaning carts and,
instead of using cleaning cycles, just turn on the ink positions you
want to clear, using the QTR curve creation facility, while leaving
all the others off. Then, with cleaning carts in place, print patches
of 100% until the heads are emptied of the normal inks. Replace the
cleaning carts with new inks and print patches again until new ink is
flowing well. It sounds like a hassle but it's not as bad as it sounds
and it has no impact on the other ink positions and uses none of them.

By the way, you could do the same thing you are doing with the E'boni
and use the Photo black in all 3 positions if high gloss is what you
are interested in and you don't want matt papers. You also could try
using just 2 blacks and leaving the glop in. There are lots of
variations and they all have potential.

Regards
Duane




--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "johncjmd" <johncjmd@...> wrote:

>
> I did RTFM, and used flush carts in my R800.  I bumbled through, after
> realizing I hadn't removed the seals and today found what seem like
> applicable instructions on the Pizeography web site.  I am getting
> what I feel are really good all black ink prints scans of 30 year old
> 6x7 negatives.  Have just used the built in Epson enhanced matte paper
> profile, and have not yet tackled using my EyeOne to tweak the curves.
> My question is this:  It seems wasteful and is very costly to print
> multiple cleaning cycles using all the colors to flush and then
> restart with the 3 Eboni carts.  Does anyone have a way and/or
> possibly a TIF to
> just flush and recharge the Photo Black, Matte Black, and Glop so as
> not to waste all that color ink?  And what about the Glop? I am awaiting
> delivery of a R1800, which I wished I had bought in the first place. 
> But now I plan to use one printer for dedicated B&W and the other for
> glossy color and B&W printing.  Which might be better for those specific
> applications?  Any answers, suggestions, or other encouragement will
> be greatly appreciated.  Lots of good answers so far from members of
> this group.
>