Re: green-yellow
Man you're making me envious. Should I sell my HP9180 or what!? ;) That's a hard one -> since this printer does positive prints very very well, and that's with best inks currently around... Sigh... 15 Nisan 2009, Çarşamba, 9:07 pm tarihinde, Clay yazmış: > I'm glad it is working for you. I haven't looked back since I figured > out how to use it. There is no doubt that it is a little tricky to > learn, but once you figure out what the driver is doing, it offers you > perfect control over the printer, and keeps weird non-linear things > from happening. The odd thing to me is that the Windows QTRgui > interface is so much better than the mac version! I use VMware windows > emulation on my mac at home and create all my ink description files in > windows, then drag them over to the mac for actual printing. > On Apr 15, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Marek Matusz wrote: > >> Clay, >> Thanks for the tip. I looked into this system a while back when my >> 2200 was giving me problems, but it seems so complicated. I gave it >> anothe trial yesterday and in a few hours I was printing stepwedges >> to test ink densities for differrent processes. Once you get a hang >> of the program and spent some time messing with the different >> controls it is actually quite simple for printing diginegatives and >> gives you absolute control. I never liked the fact that light inks >> were used for printing negatives, as they contibute a lot of solvent >> but not much ink density. >> I printed using black (no light balck) and yellow (there is only one >> yellow to begin with) inks with outstanding results. No ink puddling >> on very thin crystal clear transparency, which I use for gum >> negatives. I like black because it allows for easy registration, and >> also black's visual density is a god indicator of UV density. >> Addition of yellow ink smooths already excellent tonal gradations. I >> will try to print some more dense negatives on Pictorico today for >> palladium and carbon. >> Thanks once again >> Marek >> >> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:36:53 -0500 >> From: wcharmon@wt.net >> Subject: Re: green-yellow >> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca >> >> Sure, you can set up the profile to use just one or as many inks as >> you choose. >> On Apr 13, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Marek Matusz wrote: >> >> Clay, >> Is it possible with the QTR RIP to print on Epson printer (in my >> case 3800) with black ink only (NO light or light light black) or >> black and yellow ink only? >> Marek
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