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Can I slightly modify Quadtone file w/o starting over.

2003-08-19 by John Vitollo

Hi,

With the latest Quadtone I'm printing with Piezotone, Photorag and the 1160-fs file. 
Most tones are right-on when compared to the monitor - the dither is excellent by 
the way. But anything above 5% K burns out - only paper white is visible. Instead of 
doing a completely new profile I was wondering if I can modify information in the 
original 1160-fs file to hold the highlights? If someone could point me in the right 
direction I would really appreciate it.

Here's the file info:

#
#  quadtone curve descriptor file
#
#
# the printer name
# the curve name
#   no spaces or special characters, except - or _  (dash or underscore)
#
PRINTER=Quad_1160
CURVE_NAME=1160-fs
CALIBRATION=NO
GRAPH_CURVE=YES

#
# number of inks must be 4, 6, or 7
# the ink limits are percentages
#   usually they are all the same but they can be individually set
#
N_OF_INKS=4
DEFAULT_INK_LIMIT=80

LIMIT_K=
BOOST_K=100
LIMIT_C=
LIMIT_M=
LIMIT_Y=
LIMIT_LC=
LIMIT_LM=
LIMIT_LK=

#
#  Describe Usage of each Ink: K,C,M,Y,LC,LM,LK
#    All Inks of Printer must be listed
#

#
# Gray Partition Information
#  use ink names: K,C,M,Y,LC,LM,LK
#
N_OF_GRAY_PARTS=4
GRAY_INK_1=K
GRAY_VAL_1=100

GRAY_INK_2=C
GRAY_VAL_2=44

GRAY_INK_3=M
GRAY_VAL_3=12

GRAY_INK_4=Y
GRAY_VAL_4=5

GRAY_INK_5=
GRAY_VAL_5=

GRAY_INK_6=
GRAY_VAL_6=

GRAY_INK_7=
GRAY_VAL_7=

GRAY_HIGHLIGHT=11
GRAY_SHADOW=11

GRAY_OVERLAP=50
GRAY_GAMMA=1
GRAY_CURVE=

#
# Toner Partition Information
#
N_OF_TONER_PARTS=0
TONER_INK_1=
TONER_VAL_1=
TONER_INK_2=
TONER_VAL_2=

TONER_HIGHLIGHT=11
TONER_SHADOW=11

TONER_GAMMA=1
TONER_CURVE=

#
# Unused Inks
#
N_OF_UNUSED=0
UNUSED_INK_1=
UNUSED_INK_2=
UNUSED_INK_3=
UNUSED_INK_4=

#
# the following is a special UltraChrome ink flag
# it copies the light-black curves to the light-cyan and light-magenta inks.
# this insures that the LC and LM inks are used to directly neutralize
# the color of the light-black.
# the color balance of inks is controlled by the LIMIT_... values above.
#
UC_NEUTRALIZER=NO

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