Digital BW, The Print

Ernst,

you can set up the linux machine as a print server and print to it
directly from Photoshop on yur own PC. That way you don't need any
additional licenses, and you can print comfortably from an environment
you know well.

On linux you need to install the Samba file and print services to share
your printer, while In windows you install the free Adobe Postscript
drivers and point them to the shared Linux printer and its associated
PPD.

It's not perfect, I still have to enter some specific driver settings on
the Linux machine, as it seems to ignore them if I set them in the PPD.
But once you set the settings in Linux they stay that way until you
change them again. Different sets of settings can be saved, so
essentially you would only have to run a single command to change to any
predefined set of settings. 

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernst Dinkla [mailto:E.Dinkla@...] 
> Sent: 17. juni 2003 10:21
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: StudioPrint Evaluation
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roy Harrington" <roy@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 5:37 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: StudioPrint Evaluation
> 
> 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Robert 
> Morrison 
> > <rmorrison@p...> wrote:
> > > On 6/16/03 5:45 PM, "Roy Harrington" <roy@h...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Robert & Robert,
> > > >
> > > > With QuadToneRIP you get the best of both worlds:
> > automatic
> > > > creation of curves to transition through multiple gray
> inks,
> > > > but complete manual control for toner inks where you 
> can put your 
> > > > own "personal touch" into split toning or whatever you like.
> > > >
> > > > Roy
> > >
> > > But, correct me if I'm wrong, without single channel control.
> > You are
> > > limited to a CYMK approach?...meaning if I wanted six (or
> > seven) different
> > > inks or toners in the printer I wouldn't be able to control
> them
> > > individually, because, for example, cyan and photo cyan
> > channels would be
> > > coupled?
> > >
> > > Robert
> >
> > Yes, the 1.1 version that I think you tried was limited to 
> CMYK, but 
> > the new 2.0 version controls 4,6, or 7 inks and uses full 16bit 
> > curves.  I think the best thing is that I've got automatic 
> > partitioning that works very well -- no need to work on going from 
> > light grays to dark grays.  You do get to shape the final overall 
> > curve if you like though.
> >
> > I did post about it a couple of weeks ago, but you may have 
> missed it.  
> > I'm still doing little tweaks but the guts works just fine.
> >
> > See QuadToneRIP  info at
> > www.harrington.com
> >
> > Roy
> 
> Roy,
> 
> Slowly I'm getting convinced that your solution may be a 
> better answer to my needs then me trying to educate the 
> Wasatch SoftRip. There's no support on this issue from 
> Wasatchinc. The 9000 is loaded with Ultratone VM, this is a 
> PC shop with a SpectroCam and an old Gretag D142-3 that could 
> be ressurected. I could go for Linux but I also have a chance 
> to get a G4 with OS X cheap.
> 
> OS X has the advantage that it also will allow me to print 
> with Colour Management + Gimp-print to the other 9000 still 
> loaded with Generations 4 inks. I wouldn't like to have a 
> completely new software setup for this as editing will be 
> done on the PC. Photoshop Elements is limited to 8 bits in 
> loading so not the best choice for a B&W output program. Are 
> there OS X image
> (editing) programs with 16 bit support throughout that use 
> the Colorsync, doesn't have to be anything advanced though a 
> Qimage alike program would be very nice.
> 
> On Linux the choice would be the Gimp. It will be sufficient 
> for B&W 16 bit but doesn't have colourmanagement. There's a 
> plugin as I understand it that should give it some CM but I 
> have no knowledge of the quality. I did read that the Quad 
> Tone Rip has been used on Debian but not on Suse.
> 
> Ernst
> 
> 
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