Question For Those Who Use Quadtone Rip (Roy Harrington's QTR)

[Alex Ramsay]

Thanks Tyler - I'll do a nozzle check, of course, but the prints that I do through the standard Epson driver do not display this effect - continuous-tone areas appear perfectly smooth by cpmparison, so it seems like a QTR issue to me.

Alex

No - nozzle check was perfect, but the problem persists.

[SergeiR]

Got same problem, said "screw it" and went with Epson drivers for now.

[Tyler Boley]

Sorry nozzles was not the issue, I'd advise double checking alignment carefully but I hesitate to put anyone through potentially fruitless efforts. The Epson driver will definitely cover up many problems, while any driver like QTR that reveals single inks so clearly with an "orderly" screening, rather than Epson's mix of several inks and more random dot patterns, may reveal more problems. Bottom line- do what works.
I'd still advise posting on the QTR list though, more hands on users there who may have solutions.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/
Tyler

[sanking]

Not sure what the problem is but I used QTR with an Epson 3800 for many years, with both Epson K3 inks and Cone K7 inks, and had no problem at all.

Unfortunately the head went bad and I had to discard the printer. But that had nothing to do with the driver. When the head went, it was obvious with both the Epson and QTR driver. I must add, however, that there was a period of time before the head totally "blew" that I got inconsistent results with the printer.

Sandy