Re: Kirkland paper alternatives?
I don’t think you will find any glossy papers as good as the Kirkland glossy at the Costco PRICE. That paper was an exceptionally good value. ?I used it for many years and still have a couple boxes of it. The closest one from Red River Paper is their Ultra Pro Glossy 2.0. It is a very similar paper, but the price is significantly higher than the Kirkland brand. ?100 sheets 8.5x11 in of the RRP UPG 2.0 paper sells for $50.45 USD.
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Gary
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Re: Kirkland paper alternatives?
Try Red River paper, Palo Duro Satin -? or order a sample pack and see what you like.
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Berel Lutsky
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Re: Kirkland paper alternatives?
Costco closed their photo printing business. I don't live in US or Canada, but Mitsubishi could be a good guess for many private label glossy inkjet papers.
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Re: print tool and usb connected printer
Hi Luca
First it’s usually not best to have multiple drivers using different connections to one printer. ?
But It sounds like you have been connected using the AirPrint driver instead of the Epson driver. Apple has been encouraging this for latest operating systems.? You will need to manually need to Add the printer and not take the default - choose a downloaded driver from Epson.?
hi everyone
having a problem when connecting an epson p800 to MacBook with a cable instead of wifi. when I run the program and select the usb connected printer it doesn't give me the printer option drop down menu. if I select the same printer with a wireless connection it does as normal.
this has only happened recently. in the past there was no difference to how the program responded to either.
any idea?
thanks
Luca
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print tool and usb connected printer
hi everyone
having a problem when connecting an epson p800 to MacBook with a cable instead of wifi. when I run the program and select the usb connected printer it doesn't give me the printer option drop down menu. if I select the same printer with a wireless connection it does as normal.
this has only happened recently. in the past there was no difference to how the program responded to either.
any idea?
thanks
Luca
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Kirkland paper alternatives?
For years I have used Costco's Kirkland glossy paper as my day-to-day printing paper for Epson 3880.?
The paper is no longer available in Canada, and as nearly as I can tell it has disappeared in the US too.
1) Has the paper been rebranded (yet)?
2) What would you recommend as a more or less equivalent paper: ?range, surface, archival quality, availability, cost...
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Thanks!
Myron
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QCDN for non Ilford paper?
Hello,
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I would like to start using digital negative for silver gelatin prints, printing on Fomatone Multi-Grade papers which I use for my work.
I have no experience with DN and would appreciate if anybody can help me with answering following questions...
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1) I wonder if QCDN could be used to adapt its Ilford starter curve to this, or any other MG paper. Or do I need to consider the Pro version to built curve from scratch since my paper can behave totally different?
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2) I try to read up on the whole process of creating DN but I got confused by QCDN documentation on Establishing Your Base Exposure page with following text:
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Start with a grade 0 or even 00 filter to activate the low contrast emulsion and then use the magenta inks along with the gray and black inks to activate the high contrast emullsion to reach a full range of tones.
Link:
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I think I understand the logic behind determining base exposure, blocking density, starter curve and and its subsequent linearisation however I am not clear on -
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2a) whether I set my enlarger to grade 2 during the whole QCDN calibration process and then just use enlarger gradation to control the print contrast.?
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2b) or whether there is actually no need to play with gradation since any contrast is set in photoshop when making DN and using correct curve it nicely translates to the print and no further contrast adjustments are needed (but still G2 is used for calibration).?
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2c) or if I perform calibration using low-contrast grade (as suggested above, 0 or 00) and then somehow combine it with adding magenta into the mix to achieve different contrast?
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I am sorry if these questions are out of place or just plain stupid. I feel I need to understand how playing with magenta inks relates to DN curve I assume gets primarily created with K, LK, LLK inks and how it all relates to gradation of MG papers.
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Regards,
Petr
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PS: I use Epson P600 and plan to use Pictorico OHP media.
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
Thanks much. I will keep this in mind. I’m using Toyobo KM95 plates so there might be a slight difference in settings for the platen gap (I’m guessing). And, I haven’t yet tried using the sled. Cheryl Hanna-Truscott www.HannaTruscott.com
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On Oct 18, 2024, at 16:21, altstephenrudy via groups.io <altstephenrudy@...> wrote:
? Cheryl:? so on the basis of now three first prints, none of which have been through the press yet, I haven't seen any mechanical scrapes on the plates.? This is my media installer profile for the carrier (and if anyone has ideas on the set up please join in.) <Screenshot 2024-10-18 at 5.17.39??????PM.png>
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
Hello,
As someone with a new P900, I can feel your pain...10 years with a 3880 with very few problems ( until it died), it has been one issue after another with the P900. Mine works OK with print tool, with respect to centering, however I did have to go through the whole custom Media file set up thing and learning to load it into the printer so it shows up on the media list.?
Anyhow - just for the record I can make mine print a DTP in a carrier ( 1.5mm thickness) with a platen gap of 2.1 mm (I found someone who was printing on 4X matte board).not sure if this give better print quality but it works for me.? Also I have stayed with Sonoma 14.2.1 given all the issues people seem to have with QTR and upgrading. As it is, I get messages from my OS whenever I add a profile to QRT regarding "driver depreciation"...
Hang in there with the P900 once you get all the quirks sorted it seems to be a decent printer.
Dave
On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 7:21?PM altstephenrudy via <altstephenrudy= [email protected]> wrote: Cheryl:? so on the basis of now three first prints, none of which have been through the press yet, I haven't seen any mechanical scrapes on the plates.? This is my media installer profile for the carrier (and if anyone has ideas on the set up please join in.) 
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
Cheryl:? so on the basis of now three first prints, none of which have been through the press yet, I haven't seen any mechanical scrapes on the plates.? This is my media installer profile for the carrier (and if anyone has ideas on the set up please join in.) 
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
Dear Newbie (altstephenrudy) and ALL-? Do you get any scrapes/gouges on your plates? That’s what I am dealing with on my p900. I finally made a carrier, 17”w by 14” l but haven’t tried it yet. I’m gathering up my courage. Thanks, Cheryl Hanna-Truscott www.HannaTruscott.com
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? Hi all - I found a workaround in case anyone else encounters this problem.? I cut a new carrier board that is 17" wide and which fills the entire feed space for the P900.? The height is 16" but I don't think that matters.? Now the printed image is centered on the carrier and thus on the plate.? I have exactly no idea why this works, but I have two successful runs this morning.? I'm securing the plate to the carrier with a piece of double sided scotch tape.? I still have load failures but more than half take on the first try.??
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
Hi all - I found a workaround in case anyone else encounters this problem.? I cut a new carrier board that is 17" wide and which fills the entire feed space for the P900.? The height is 16" but I don't think that matters.? Now the printed image is centered on the carrier and thus on the plate.? I have exactly no idea why this works, but I have two successful runs this morning.? I'm securing the plate to the carrier with a piece of double sided scotch tape.? I still have load failures but more than half take on the first try.??
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
I don’t think this is your problem but I ran across a problem with print-tool on some versions of macOS where the various margins ina custom page size ?would be applied to the wrong edge in the print. Eg, if I made the margins L,R,B,T it might have applied it T,L,B,R (or something- I don’t recall the details). My workaround was to make all the margins the same (0.2 inches?) and move the art around manually.?
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On Oct 17, 2024, at 1:46?PM, greg brophy via groups.io <greg@...> wrote:
? I have this issue, but it is not centered horizontally. There is a settings in general printer settings to turn horizontal center. It turn it off and on before every print. This is an issue with print tool. I don’t have this issue with photoshop.? On Oct 17, 2024, at 1:15?PM, altstephenrudy@... wrote:
? Thanks Frankie and Clay.? I do have a custom media profile set up for the 12x16 that the Epson seems ok with.? I've tried other images and have the same issue.? Even if I print on the poster board without a plate sitting on top I get the same image offset.??
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Unable to see curve profiles in Print Tool
I am using an Epson SureColor P900 printer, and recently upgraded to QuadToneRIP v2.8.2 and PrintTool v2/3/4/2. Mac OS Sierra (10.12.6). When I choose Quad900 as my printer, and choose QuadToneRIP under Printer and Paper settings, I don't see a list of profiles to choose from (as I did in my prior versions). I have executed the Install program from the proper color profile folder, but the profiles do not appear. Has anyone encountered this problem? I need to use the profile for direct plate photogravure, but cannot access it.
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
I have this issue, but it is not centered horizontally. There is a settings in general printer settings to turn horizontal center. It turn it off and on before every print. This is an issue with print tool. I don’t have this issue with photoshop.?
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On Oct 17, 2024, at 1:15?PM, altstephenrudy@... wrote:
? Thanks Frankie and Clay.? I do have a custom media profile set up for the 12x16 that the Epson seems ok with.? I've tried other images and have the same issue.? Even if I print on the poster board without a plate sitting on top I get the same image offset.??
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
Thanks Frankie and Clay.? I do have a custom media profile set up for the 12x16 that the Epson seems ok with.? I've tried other images and have the same issue.? Even if I print on the poster board without a plate sitting on top I get the same image offset.??
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
You are probably already doing this, but you need to make sure you have a custom media type defined and downloaded to your printer that has a 12 x 16 inch size. You have to have the same media size picked on the printer’s control panel as you have in Print Tool. Any mismatch will print misaligned. IOW, the software will not override the media size selected on the front of the printer.
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Hi folks – this is my first post.? I’m just now learning DTP photogravure and platinum palladium using digital negatives.? I’m working with (against) an Epson P900 with updated firmware via QTR with Print Tool as a front end and Piezography P900-Pro.? Quad files are from the two classes I took on these processes.? I’m in the final steps of setting up a home lab starting with DTP and heading to PtPd as soon as Bostick and Sullivan works through a chemical backorder. ? My prints to DTP are not centering, even though all the various settings seem to be ok.? I’m mounting a Tyobo KM43 plate (8 1/4" x 11 3/4") onto a 12x16 poster board.??After two days of swearing like a 19th century sailor I got that to work consistently on the P900.? Both the physical plate and the image are centered on the carrier board.? If I print a PDF from QTR I get an image that is correct (I've attached a copy of that.)? ? When printing to the plate however the image offsets, printing correctly along the 10” side but with a 2 5/8” bottom margin instead of the nearly edge to edge print I’d expect.? The image is somehow cropped at the top – there is no overprinting onto the carrier, just missing image space.? So for an 8x10 image I’m getting about 5.5x10.? ? The printer is set up as QuadP900-Pro Bonjour and is connected by USB.? QTR mode is 8 bit (the file is 16 bit tif), curve 1 is a custom quad file from a class, paper feed is front poster board, res is 1440 and speed is unidirectional.? On print tool everything is centered and sized correctly.? Management is set to Print-Tool Managed.? ? The images attached are a PDF output directly from Print Tool and a terrible iPhone photo of the plate after printing.? ? Super frustrated.? Any advice is warmly welcomed.<PDF from QTR_1.jpg>
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Re: Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
Hi Steve,
Not familiar with DTP but it doesn't seems to be a software issue for me. I suppose it is related to the printer sensor that check the paper. I don't use the P900 so other may have a more precise answer about that on this specific printer.
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I don't think the hammer will help you on this one :-D
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Newbie standing over P900 with hammer
Hi folks – this is my first post.? I’m just now learning DTP photogravure and platinum palladium using digital negatives.? I’m working with (against) an Epson P900 with updated firmware via QTR with Print Tool as a front end and Piezography P900-Pro.? Quad files are from the two classes I took on these processes.? I’m in the final steps of setting up a home lab starting with DTP and heading to PtPd as soon as Bostick and Sullivan works through a chemical backorder.
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My prints to DTP are not centering, even though all the various settings seem to be ok.? I’m mounting a Tyobo KM43 plate (8 1/4" x 11 3/4") onto a 12x16 poster board.??After two days of swearing like a 19th century sailor I got that to work consistently on the P900.? Both the physical plate and the image are centered on the carrier board.? If I print a PDF from QTR I get an image that is correct (I've attached a copy of that.)?
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When printing to the plate however the image offsets, printing correctly along the 10” side but with a 2 5/8” bottom margin instead of the nearly edge to edge print I’d expect.? The image is somehow cropped at the top – there is no overprinting onto the carrier, just missing image space.? So for an 8x10 image I’m getting about 5.5x10.?
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The printer is set up as QuadP900-Pro Bonjour and is connected by USB.? QTR mode is 8 bit (the file is 16 bit tif), curve 1 is a custom quad file from a class, paper feed is front poster board, res is 1440 and speed is unidirectional.? On print tool everything is centered and sized correctly.? Management is set to Print-Tool Managed.?
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The images attached are a PDF output directly from Print Tool and a terrible iPhone photo of the plate after printing.?
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Super frustrated.? Any advice is warmly welcomed. 
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