QTR-Quadtone RIP

Roy,

There are more spin-offs of Gimpprin/Gutenprint like PhotoPrint
written by Alastair M. Robinson. Linux and Windows versions.
http://www.blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint

That one supports several HP and Canon printers, in fact all the 
GutenPrint supported printers.
Would it be possible to borrow some modules from that side to make 
support of other brands possible?
Or a hybrid of the two printer applications. There's color management in 
PhotoPrint integrated.

I'm interested in HP models because their cart content is larger and the 
carts are used in a CIS  concept which on the Epsons is only available 
from the 3800 upwards, the Business printers B300 and B500DN not 
counted. The user replaceable heads are another aspect that I learned to 
appreciate on the HP printers and may suit the use of custom inksets as 
well.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst

Try: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

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Hi Ernst,

I kind of keep my peripheral vision on GutenPrint stuff but don't follow all the
details.  My impression is that they don't support the "interesting"
HP or Canon printers.
A quick look at hp.com and the gutenprint supported printers don't seem to
overlap much -- but I must admit I'm not up on HP or Canon printers.

Roy


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Ernst Dinkla
<edinkla@...> wrote:

> Roy,
>
> There are more spin-offs of Gimpprin/Gutenprint like PhotoPrint
> written by Alastair M. Robinson. Linux and Windows versions.
> http://www.blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint
>
> That one supports several HP and Canon printers, in fact all the
> GutenPrint supported printers.
> Would it be possible to borrow some modules from that side to make
> support of other brands possible?
> Or a hybrid of the two printer applications. There's color management in
> PhotoPrint integrated.
>
> I'm interested in HP models because their cart content is larger and the
> carts are used in a CIS  concept which on the Epsons is only available
> from the 3800 upwards, the Business printers B300 and B500DN not
> counted. The user replaceable heads are another aspect that I learned to
> appreciate on the HP printers and may suit the use of custom inksets as
> well.
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst
>
> Try: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/
>
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>
>

Roy Harrington schreef:
> Hi Ernst,
> 
> I kind of keep my peripheral vision on GutenPrint stuff but don't follow all the
> details.  My impression is that they don't support the "interesting"
> HP or Canon printers.
> A quick look at hp.com and the gutenprint supported printers don't seem to
> overlap much -- but I must admit I'm not up on HP or Canon printers.
> 
> Roy

Roy,

It depends. I installed PhotoPrint the Windows GUI for Gutenprint and it 
drives the HP Officejet Pro K5400 with the K60 driver. There must be 
more possible like that.

I think that the interesting printers can be in the Officejet and the 
slightly older Designjet class. The B9180 and the Designjet Z models are 
already quite good at B&W printing and I fear that the 
calibration/linearisation already integrated may not work with custom 
inksets so not really much to gain there. The 4-6 ink models could be 
more interesting.

Have you seen some features of PhotoPrint? The ink control that exists, 
GCR etc? There's a video on the site that shows some of the controls. In 
no way equal to QTR but probably more tools to adapt to a custom inkset 
than a normal HP driver would allow.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst

Try: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

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