Epson 1430

[rmolson]

Quadtone RIP and the epson 1430 printer

Is there a Quadtone for dummies out there some where? Because while I am not exactly stupid I must be missing something. When I try to use the system with just the native inks supplied by Epson none of the curves seem relevant and the image color is no where what I would call neutral and no way to change it.

 

[pschwart]

You can always select "grayscale" in the Epson driver and only the black channel will be used to print. The images will look a bit grainy. There may be QT profiles that will approach neutral, but if you want real b&w, you will need to replace the Epson Claria (dye) ink with a monochrome pigment inks. The 14xx makes a fine dedicated monochrome printer. If you want color and reasonable monochrome from a single printer and inkset, Epson printers that support ABW (Advanced B&W) can do this.