QTR-Quadtone RIP

obvioulsy many people feel alternative methods are worth the effort. Most of them are 
pretty easy these days, little tinkering is really required.
The only way you will know if these potential advantages are of interest to you is to see 
them for yourself in actual prints.
There used to be the occassional print exchanges within these groups, I haven't seen 
notice of one in some time.
Tyler

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "David Keenan" <ausdlk@...> wrote:
>
> I certainly wonder this too...
> 
> I have made many prints on an Epson R2400 using ABW mode and now that I have
> a 3800, I continue to rely on ABW.
> 
> With my new 3800, I profiled all my papers using the "extended gray" feature
> of the latest version of PrintFix Pro and did some print comparisons. The
> ABW prints were better in my (and other) opinions. The shadows were cleaner
> for sure.
> 
> I haven't used my copy of QTR since my 2200 died and I replaced it with a
> R2400.
> 
> Still for some reason I feel inadequate even though I am quite happy with
> the prints I make especially on Innova F-type paper...
> 
> So,  back on topic -- why do other printers find using ICC profiles,
> dedicated inksets, and/or QTR valuable? Are their prints that much better
> then what the Epson driver can do in ABW to make all the extra work (hassle,
> in my opinion) worth it?
> 
> Or do this printers have an inherent "tinkerers mentality" (that I clearly
> lack) that makes this fun for them and that's why they choose the extra
> effort?
> 
> Bottomline -- does this effort show up in the prints?
> 
> Dave.
> 
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