Re: DTP on Epson P900

#19098

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Hi Cheryl,

I am using a P700 for DTP and have had the same issues. I’ve had my printer over a year, the first half of the year everything printed fine, and suddenly the line began appearing and wouldn’t cease. The only work around I’ve found is to create carriers with at least 1 inch margins. I don’t think there is any “settling in” that will correct the issue on my printer. The carrier keeps the rollers from hitting the plate directly because the carrier margins are slightly raised above the plate surface. I hope something helps!?

Best,

Chloe

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On Sep 12, 2024, at 10:25?AM, Joe Smith <smithfoto59@...> wrote:

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Hi Cheryl

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From what I've gathered (and it seems to be working, or improving) the P900 needs some time to "settle in". I followed some advice from various members in this group and printed a few prints (using just a small percentage of ink to avoid wastage) on posterboard. This seems to help the rollers to settle in. The two lines are now nearly gone and I can barely see them on the plate. This is the last image I printed a couple of weeks ago. I need to print again and see if the issue returns. I would suggest you try this and see if there is improvement. I also think that the P900 would be happier with thinner plates. Hope this helps.

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Re: DTP on Epson P900

#19097

Hi Cheryl

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From what I've gathered (and it seems to be working, or improving) the P900 needs some time to "settle in". I followed some advice from various members in this group and printed a few prints (using just a small percentage of ink to avoid wastage) on posterboard. This seems to help the rollers to settle in. The two lines are now nearly gone and I can barely see them on the plate. This is the last image I printed a couple of weeks ago. I need to print again and see if the issue returns. I would suggest you try this and see if there is improvement. I also think that the P900 would be happier with thinner plates. Hope this helps.

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Re: DTP on Epson P900

#19096

I’m having the same problem with my P900 - getting a deep gouge in the middle of the Toyota 93 plates.

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I bought my P900 in April and making plates worked well at first. Recently, I had to update the printer software settings - but I think the problem started even before then. I’m feeding the plates directly into the front-loading feeder on poster board without using a carrier sled. I’ve modified a profile from the Epson Media Installer (helped by another photogravure printmaker so I can’t recall how the settings were modified) and printing through Photoshop. I’m unable to continue with printmaking until this problem is solved and I’ve just begun trying to figure it out, so any help is very welcome. Thanks!

Re: Printer Presents_Sonoma 14.5

#19095

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Hi Silvi,

There has been a lot of discussion on this topic in the Epson Wide Format group on io. ?

In case you do not have it, here is that link: ?/g/EpsonWideFormat

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On 12 Sep 2024, at 07:37, Silvi Glattauer via groups.io <silvi@...> wrote:

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone out there has worked out how to save printer settings presets? I'm using the Epson Quad driver with Sonoma 14.5.

I have tried to set up the presets as a 'custom' as well as a 'print job preset' as well as a custom preset, but they are not sticking.

I know this has been a problem for a while but what has really confused me is that I had it all set up and working for a while and then the presets disappeared when I installed a new qtr curve.

Very frustrating as you can imagine.

Any help would be wonderful..

Thanks!

Silvi

www.silvi.com.au

Printer Presents_Sonoma 14.5

#19094

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone out there has worked out how to save printer settings presets? I'm using the Epson Quad driver with Sonoma 14.5.

I have tried to set up the presets as a 'custom' as well as a 'print job preset' as well as a custom preset, but they are not sticking.

I know this has been a problem for a while but what has really confused me is that I had it all set up and working for a while and then the presets disappeared when I installed a new qtr curve.

Very frustrating as you can imagine.

Any help would be wonderful..

Thanks!

Silvi

www.silvi.com.au

Re: Epson 3880 spitting out unprinted transparencies

#19093

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Thanks all. I used a different curve and it worked. It was a corrupt quad file.?

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On Sep 7, 2024, at 11:37?AM, jess g via groups.io <jessgreaux@...> wrote:

?Yes I think he’s right. I tried to reload the same quad curve I’ve been using in QCDN and it wouldn’t load. Another loaded just fine. So going to try and print with another curve and see how it comes out. Thank you!

On Sep 7, 2024, at 8:45?AM, Dan Henderson via groups.io <dhphotographer@...> wrote:

?My experience supports Roy’s comment. One of the curves I made just ejects and cuts the film on my Epson P5000. It was a third curve created based on a first and second curve that work just fine.

On Sep 7, 2024, at 5:48?AM, Roy Harrington via groups.io <roy@...> wrote:

I’d guess the curve is bad. Try another curve - such as one of the built in ones.?
Roy

On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 4:24?AM jess g via??<jessgreaux=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all. I use an Epson 3880 to print digital negatives with using QCDN/QTR/PrintTool.??
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I can print just fine if I choose the Epson 3880 printer in the print settings.? But out of the blue for some reason now I can't print using Quad3880-QCDN.? ?The printer just spits out the paper or transparency without printing.? Tried both sheet feeder and manual front load.? Again works fine if I choose Epson 3880 as the printer, but this doesn't allow me to choose the curve I made using QCDN.? Anyone else have this issue or have a suggestion?? I am using Mac OS Ventura.? QCDN 2.? Print tool 2.? Just installed the current QTR version.? TIA!?

Re: Epson 3880 spitting out unprinted transparencies

#19092

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Yes I think he’s right. I tried to reload the same quad curve I’ve been using in QCDN and it wouldn’t load. Another loaded just fine. So going to try and print with another curve and see how it comes out. Thank you!

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On Sep 7, 2024, at 8:45?AM, Dan Henderson via groups.io <dhphotographer@...> wrote:

?My experience supports Roy’s comment. One of the curves I made just ejects and cuts the film on my Epson P5000. It was a third curve created based on a first and second curve that work just fine.

On Sep 7, 2024, at 5:48?AM, Roy Harrington via groups.io <roy@...> wrote:

I’d guess the curve is bad. Try another curve - such as one of the built in ones.?
Roy

On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 4:24?AM jess g via??<jessgreaux=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all. I use an Epson 3880 to print digital negatives with using QCDN/QTR/PrintTool.??
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I can print just fine if I choose the Epson 3880 printer in the print settings.? But out of the blue for some reason now I can't print using Quad3880-QCDN.? ?The printer just spits out the paper or transparency without printing.? Tried both sheet feeder and manual front load.? Again works fine if I choose Epson 3880 as the printer, but this doesn't allow me to choose the curve I made using QCDN.? Anyone else have this issue or have a suggestion?? I am using Mac OS Ventura.? QCDN 2.? Print tool 2.? Just installed the current QTR version.? TIA!?

Re: Epson 3880 spitting out unprinted transparencies

#19091

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My experience supports Roy’s comment. One of the curves I made just ejects and cuts the film on my Epson P5000. It was a third curve created based on a first and second curve that work just fine.

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On Sep 7, 2024, at 5:48?AM, Roy Harrington via groups.io <roy@...> wrote:

I’d guess the curve is bad. Try another curve - such as one of the built in ones.?
Roy

On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 4:24?AM jess g via??<jessgreaux=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all. I use an Epson 3880 to print digital negatives with using QCDN/QTR/PrintTool.??
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I can print just fine if I choose the Epson 3880 printer in the print settings.? But out of the blue for some reason now I can't print using Quad3880-QCDN.? ?The printer just spits out the paper or transparency without printing.? Tried both sheet feeder and manual front load.? Again works fine if I choose Epson 3880 as the printer, but this doesn't allow me to choose the curve I made using QCDN.? Anyone else have this issue or have a suggestion?? I am using Mac OS Ventura.? QCDN 2.? Print tool 2.? Just installed the current QTR version.? TIA!?

Re: Epson 3880 spitting out unprinted transparencies

#19090

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Thanks Roy

I’ll give it a shot.

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On Sep 7, 2024, at 2:48 AM, Roy Harrington via groups.io <roy@...> wrote:

I’d guess the curve is bad. Try another curve - such as one of the built in ones.?
Roy

On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 4:24?AM jess g via <jessgreaux=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all. I use an Epson 3880 to print digital negatives with using QCDN/QTR/PrintTool.??

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I can print just fine if I choose the Epson 3880 printer in the print settings.? But out of the blue for some reason now I can't print using Quad3880-QCDN.? ?The printer just spits out the paper or transparency without printing.? Tried both sheet feeder and manual front load.? Again works fine if I choose Epson 3880 as the printer, but this doesn't allow me to choose the curve I made using QCDN.? Anyone else have this issue or have a suggestion?? I am using Mac OS Ventura.? QCDN 2.? Print tool 2.? Just installed the current QTR version.? TIA!?

Re: Gutenprint discontinuation and the future of QTR

#19089

Bummer. Any word about QTR on Windows?

Re: Gutenprint discontinuation and the future of QTR

#19088

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Clay,

I dedicated an older iMac running Catalina (via a clean install). ?It is connected to a P6K running Piezography Pro inks so it is not even connected to the Internet (so no way Epson can sneakily or I inadvertently updating the firmware). ?It runs QTR and PrintTool, of course. ?I’m not a commercial studio like yours so using USB drives to shuttle images from my editing environment to printing is no issue. ?It does one thing only: ?print.

Michael

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On 7 Sep 2024, at 14:26, Clay Harmon via groups.io <w.clay.harmon@...> wrote:

I ran across this on the gutenprint forum, and I wonder what that means for the future of QTR on the Mac platform? We already get the notice about drivers being deprecated in future versions of the Mac OS whenever a new printing profile is installed.?

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I'm curious how people are preparing for this potential loss of support on future Epson printers and Mac hardware. Does it make sense to keep a low-cost mac mini or the like around with a frozen-in-time version of Mac OS that can serve as a print server??

Gutenprint discontinuation and the future of QTR

#19087

I ran across this on the gutenprint forum, and I wonder what that means for the future of QTR on the Mac platform? We already get the notice about drivers being deprecated in future versions of the Mac OS whenever a new printing profile is installed.?

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I'm curious how people are preparing for this potential loss of support on future Epson printers and Mac hardware. Does it make sense to keep a low-cost mac mini or the like around with a frozen-in-time version of Mac OS that can serve as a print server??

Re: Epson 3880 spitting out unprinted transparencies

#19086

I’d guess the curve is bad. Try another curve - such as one of the built in ones.?

Roy

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On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 4:24?AM jess g via <jessgreaux=[email protected]> wrote:

Hi all. I use an Epson 3880 to print digital negatives with using QCDN/QTR/PrintTool.??

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I can print just fine if I choose the Epson 3880 printer in the print settings.? But out of the blue for some reason now I can't print using Quad3880-QCDN.? ?The printer just spits out the paper or transparency without printing.? Tried both sheet feeder and manual front load.? Again works fine if I choose Epson 3880 as the printer, but this doesn't allow me to choose the curve I made using QCDN.? Anyone else have this issue or have a suggestion?? I am using Mac OS Ventura.? QCDN 2.? Print tool 2.? Just installed the current QTR version.? TIA!?

How to increase negative density

#19085

I have a linearized quad

curve using the DN Pro program, Boost is near 100, how can I increase the ink load of density of the Fixxons neg without using any Magenta or Yellow ??

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Thanks in advance?

Epson 3880 spitting out unprinted transparencies

#19084

Hi all. I use an Epson 3880 to print digital negatives with using QCDN/QTR/PrintTool.??

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I can print just fine if I choose the Epson 3880 printer in the print settings.? But out of the blue for some reason now I can't print using Quad3880-QCDN.? ?The printer just spits out the paper or transparency without printing.? Tried both sheet feeder and manual front load.? Again works fine if I choose Epson 3880 as the printer, but this doesn't allow me to choose the curve I made using QCDN.? Anyone else have this issue or have a suggestion?? I am using Mac OS Ventura.? QCDN 2.? Print tool 2.? Just installed the current QTR version.? TIA!?

Re: How to Use QIDF Files in QTR? #file-notice #problems

#19083

Great, thank you

Re: How to Use QIDF Files in QTR? #file-notice #problems

#19082

Same as .txt files:

From the mac Tutorial for QTR:

"a .txt or .qidf extension is an ink descriptor the "source" code for creating a profile; a .quad file is the "binary" profile format. The installation scripts handle all of these formats."

How to Use QIDF Files in QTR? #file-notice #problems

#19081

Hi everyone,

I recently downloaded several printing profiles for photopolymer plates, and they are in the .qidf format. Typically, the files I use for curve linearization are either .quad or .txt, but I'm not familiar with how to work with .qidf files in QTR.

Does anyone know how to use these .qidf files in QTR or how to convert them to .quad or .txt? I haven't found any information on this so far.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Re: Linearize with Datacolor Spyder Print

#19080

Thanks so much!

Re: Linearize with Datacolor Spyder Print

#19079

This article will explain the process very clearly.

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https://jkschreiber.wordpress.com/posts/