Digital BW, The Print

Absolutely.  I was planning on doing that anyway to compare notes with 
Staver.

10-4 good buddy....



Roger L Sopher wrote:

>Hi Justin,
>
>If you get Quadtone up and going on your linux box would you consider
>posting a detailed guide on how you did it? I have a system sitting around
>with Suse 8.2 on an old lap top for emailing while on the road.  I have cups
>up and going but I am not enough of a linux buff to get past rpms for
>program installation.
>
>Roger
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>  From: Justin Florentine [mailto:justin@...]
>  Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 4:23 PM
>  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: New System for 2200
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>  This could be good news, but I'm wondering about the software costs.
>
>  There is no way I'll be able to afford PixelPicasso ($1500).  I wonder
>  if you'll be able to get similar results with the inks and QuadtoneRIP 2
>  on Linux.  Am I right though?  All you should need is an ICC profile for
>  the inks and you should be able to use them in any RIP right?  If so,
>  how would you go about adjusting the tone?  Just tweak the inks in the
>RIP?
>
>  I'm installing Quadtone RIP 2 tonight on a redhat 9 box.  Hopefully I'll
>  understand the situation a little better once I've played with it.
>
>  Clayton Jones wrote:
>
>  |Hellp Chip,
>  |
>  |>Where can I find more info on what this system is and how it works?
>  |
>  |
>  |I have not found any information about it online yet.  As for how it
>  |works, I think it's the same technology that they've been selling for
>  |the 7600/9600.  When it was announced last May they said it would
>  |eventually be for the 2200 as well, so I suppose this is it.  Here is
>  |their web site:
>  |
>  |       http://www.bwguys.com/
>  |
>  |Here's the link to Inkjet Goodies, but I don't see anything there yet
>  |either.  But the R9 guy told me they were taking orders, so maybe it
>  |requires a phone call:
>  |
>  |               http://inkjetgoodies.com
>  |
>  |
>  |From viewing the sample prints I can say this:
>  |
>  |* dot-free continuous tone
>  |* well-balanced gray scale ramp without any abrupt transitions
>  |* good shadow detail
>  |* dood Dmax (sample prints on EEM and PR)
>  |* warm to cool tone selectable
>  |* no metamerism
>  |
>  |
>  |Briefly, the system uses 7 inks: Black plus 3 warm grays and 3 cool
>  |grays, and they are mixed in various proportions to get the desired
>  |tone (example: 25% warm + 75% cool).  The mixtures can be specified
>  |for the high, middle, and low parts of the scale so you can, for
>  |example, have warm highlights and cool blacks.
>  |
>  |I have a screen shot of the interface and it looks very easy to use.
>  |There are 3 sliders for Low, Mid and High tones, each adjusting the
>  |warm/cool ratio.  They can be locked so they all move together.
>  |
>  |The R9 Corp. software is a PS plugin.  The SepTone inks are by
>  |SunDance and they claim 100 yr+ tested by RIT.
>  |
>  |I was told that the 2200 system will first be available with a CIS,
>  |and that by end of August they expect to have carts.  I don't know
>  |anything about the cost.
>  |
>  |I'm going to cover parts of a print and let some bright light hit it
>  |for awhile to see if there is any fading or color shifting.
>  |
>  |
>  |Regards,
>  |Clayton
>  |
>  |
>  |Info on black and white digital printing at
>  |http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
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