QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hello all and thanks for the privilege of posting. I just 'inherited"
two 7000s and wondered what the current thinking is regarding this
printer as a dedicated B&W machine. I have reviewed the archives and
it seems that some people are getting great results with this machine,
though I have to say I've been less than enthusiastic about it's
suitability for color. Any suggestions as to the best available B&W
inksets? Any problems to anticipate with QTR on a G4 533 running 10.3.9?

Thanks all... I appreciate your patience with a "newbie..."

Rick Colson

I've used a number of inksets on my 7500 with good results.  My latest
effort is a 100% carbon (Eboni) inkset that is still experimental, but is
working very well, making neutral to medium warm matte paper prints.  While
I was about to move on, I'm now keeping the old guy and setting up another
for a friend.  I think it's a keeper.  See
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-5.pdf for the current state of the
100% carbon inkset. 

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 

 

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Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] New member... 7000

 

Hello all and thanks for the privilege of posting. I just 'inherited"
two 7000s and wondered what the current thinking is regarding this
printer as a dedicated B&W machine. I have reviewed the archives and
it seems that some people are getting great results with this machine,
though I have to say I've been less than enthusiastic about it's
suitability for color. Any suggestions as to the best available B&W
inksets? Any problems to anticipate with QTR on a G4 533 running 10.3.9?

Thanks all... I appreciate your patience with a "newbie..."

Rick Colson

 



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Hi Rick,

The 7000 is a decent printer.  I'd recommend an inkset with 4 to 6
levels of gray
to get decent prints.  As Paul mentioned his Eboni-5 is one possibility.  The
Piezography K6's are another (inkjetmall.com).   In either case QTR can be used
for the printing.

A G4 533 is a bit old and slow but ought to work.  There is one
potential difficulty
with the USB port.  I had some trouble with my 7500 on 10.3.  I do have a fix
for this if you run into it.  (the error is Printer Not Responding).

Roy

On 11/6/07, Rick Colson <colson@...> wrote:
> Hello all and thanks for the privilege of posting. I just 'inherited"
> two 7000s and wondered what the current thinking is regarding this
> printer as a dedicated B&W machine. I have reviewed the archives and
> it seems that some people are getting great results with this machine,
> though I have to say I've been less than enthusiastic about it's
> suitability for color. Any suggestions as to the best available B&W
> inksets? Any problems to anticipate with QTR on a G4 533 running 10.3.9?
>
> Thanks all... I appreciate your patience with a "newbie..."
>
> Rick Colson
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Paul and Roy -

Thanks for your welcome and comments. Looks like I'll be trying things out
with at least one of these old 7000 beasts and I'll post as I go along.

Rick Colson