QTR-Quadtone RIP

GREETINGS GROUP,

I have to first admit that I do not use QTR on a daily basis, but I do
find it to be very useful in my printing workflow. I have developed
some curve combinations for specific customers and they find the
consistency to be very helpful, since they can depend on the results
completely. Having said all of that, I do have one question.  I'm sure
this has probably come up before, but this is the first time I have
experienced the problem. A couple of days ago I was printing a 24x36
with QTR and had to replace an ink cart that had finally expired. I
did so, expecting that the printer would simply pick up from that
location and finish the print, as usual. However, that did not happen.
I waited for 5 minutes and still nothing, so I finally shut down the
driver and started the print again. Since it was about 75% of the way
through the print, I was NOT happy about the situation. As I
mentioned, this has probably been covered already, but I haven't seen
that posting. Please inform whether there is a work around to this
problem, or perhaps something I forgot to set in the driver before
starting the print. Thanks in advance for your interest and help.

Gary
gary@...

Hi Gary,
I don't really have a definitive answer for you.  There is nothing in the
programming
manual that talks about changing inks mid-print.  QTR certainly doesn't do
any
thing special about it and in fact hasn't any idea about ink levels in the
printer.
The way both Windows and Mac OS X treat printers there's really no way to
handle that -- both systems spool up the output that is going to the printer
so QTR
is way ahead of what the printer is actually doing.  What this means to me
is that
the printer firmware has to completely handle this if it has any chance to
work.
My only guess is that the printer didn't recognize your ink swap or expected
something
else as well.

Roy

On Dec 22, 2007 6:50 AM, photog0946 <gnickzone@...> wrote:

> GREETINGS GROUP,
>
> I have to first admit that I do not use QTR on a daily basis, but I do
> find it to be very useful in my printing workflow. I have developed
> some curve combinations for specific customers and they find the
> consistency to be very helpful, since they can depend on the results
> completely. Having said all of that, I do have one question.  I'm sure
> this has probably come up before, but this is the first time I have
> experienced the problem. A couple of days ago I was printing a 24x36
> with QTR and had to replace an ink cart that had finally expired. I
> did so, expecting that the printer would simply pick up from that
> location and finish the print, as usual. However, that did not happen.
> I waited for 5 minutes and still nothing, so I finally shut down the
> driver and started the print again. Since it was about 75% of the way
> through the print, I was NOT happy about the situation. As I
> mentioned, this has probably been covered already, but I haven't seen
> that posting. Please inform whether there is a work around to this
> problem, or perhaps something I forgot to set in the driver before
> starting the print. Thanks in advance for your interest and help.
>
> Gary
> gary@...
>
>
>


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