QTR-Quadtone RIP

Not a problem, Richard. I only had that one set graphed. For the 3880 I'm going to be stressing and profiling mostly inkjet papers, not watercolor papers. I'm really liking that printer. With the Eb6 setup I have in it, it's hard to make a bad print even with the Epson driver. What is rather amusing is that with the 8 carbon inkset in there, even the ABW mode produces outstanding prints -- maybe better than when all the "colors" are distributed by the driver in "color" mode. I'm not sure why.

At any rate, between QTR, the Epson driver, and the Epson driver with QTR-made ICCs, the 3880 is capable of pumping out some top notch 16x20 prints or panoramas very easily.

The post was really aimed and those who might want to try doing their own profiles with the Piezo inks. The banding I was talking about was the banding near the start and end of a print where both rollers are not involved. Some may want to test some of these alternative profiling approaches to see if they help there. I can't do it all.

The mottling that has been noted might be a result of overloading the inks. I didn't want to inject myself randomly in another thread. So I thought, again, some might want to take a shot at a different profiling approach that might help with this issue. High K B&W inksets can be profiled in a number of different ways.

Basically, I am simply encouraging people to experiment with alternative approaches to QTR that might help with their inksets. I do try to keep them as simple as possible, including some shortcuts that might not be technically perfect but work very well in practice. I used to make the assumption that those who use QTR know how to do their own profiling. I was very wrong in that assumption. So, simplifying the process as much as possible is, I think, necessary to encouraging the use of this valuable tool.

Paul

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