Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll second that plug for QuadTone RIP with the Epson2200. I use it under Windows XP...It wasn't hard to get working, especially given that it's only a beta release, it does a nice job, and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than ImagePrint. Interestingly, I still prefer Black Only printing for some photos, and QTR for others, so it looks like I'll be stuck with two different printing processes, depending on the image. But I guess that's not worse than the 100's of different processes to choose among in the wet darkroom. :) -Aaron At 08:06 PM 8/21/2004, Roy Zartarian wrote: >I'll again toss in a plug for Roy Harrington's $50 QuadTone RIP (in which >I have no pecuniary interest other than having licensed my copy) which >does a very nice job of b&w printing with Ultrachrome inks in the 2200. >Details are at http://www.harrington.com The Mac version, in my >experience, installed very easily, but many questions arose on a digital >printing list about the installation of the recently-released version for >Windows XP. But then again problems with a Microsoft platform. > >Roy > >On Aug 21, 2004, at 5:09 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > >>I very much like the 2200 although the small individual ink cartridges >>are a pain and are pricey. (We've worked THAT horse already I think.) >> >>It's more difficult to print black and white using the Epson drivers >>on the Mac (I can't say about the Windoze world.) I've shifted to >>ImagePrint RIP and it works superbly with the 2200 producing black and >>white with absolutely NO hint of color on a variety of matte, glossy >>and semi-gloss Epson papers. My experience with the Epson drivers for >>OS X is positive for color but not so positive for black and white >>where Epson seemingly doesn't care. >> >>I'll be seriously considering an Epson 4000 although the ImagePrint >>RIP then gets VERY expensive (their pricing model is from the Bad Old >>Days).