Digital BW, The Print

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger L Sopher [mailto:rlsopher@...]
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 1:49 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> Subject: [Digital BW] QTR2 for Linux
>
>
> With lots of help from Daniel Staver I have QTR2 up and going on a RedHat
> 9.0 linuxbox. I also was able to get it going with SuSE 8.2   Mandrake 9.1
> is a nice distribution but not for this purpose since they
> changed the names
> of some cups files making it very very problematic to install. I am not
> familiar with Debian but several on the list are and perhaps they would be
> willing to chime in.  The installation is less than intuitive but isn't
> particularly difficult once the system begins to make some sort of logical
> sense. At this point I can print directly from Linux but the next step for
> me will be to do a printer share so that printing can be done from
> wintel/photoshop. Daniel has been able to do that for some time.
>
> At this point I would say that this is a practical solution but
> only if you
> are willing to build a little "sweat equity" in becoming somewhat familiar
> with Linux.  If you have a UNIX background you have it knocked. The
> installation of Linux produces a lovely windows-like desk top but most of
> the installation is done at the command line level, something that most
> windows users haven't become familiar with since the demise of dos.
>
> A nice thing about Linux is that it is inherently more stable than windows
> and it will run on pretty much any intel/amd based machine that
> is a 486 or
> better. No question, faster is better as is lots of ram memory.
>
> Daniel has agreed to work with me to produce a "how to" (thank
> God, since he
> is miles ahead of me) which when it has some semblance of proper
> English and
> logic we will make available.
>
Roger,

I definitely salute your efforts and Daniel's and Roy's. One of the prime
reasons Antonis and I set up this group was in hopes that this type of
technical advance might be achieved by the users independent of the
manufacturers. I don't have to tell you that your efforts are also in
keeping with the entire spirit of the Linux endeavor. Right on!!

Please share with us your "how to" as and when it is ready. I will
definitely post it in the Files sections for all to read.

Once you are able to print directly from Photoshop running in Windows to
QuadTone running under Linux this will be the ideal solution for us non-Mac
users. A much better choice than having to save the file and then open it on
some used Mac to print. By now a lot of us should have old Win/Tel boxes
sitting around that should be up to the task. Hopefully in a couple of weeks
I will have an 1200GHz AMD with 1.5 GB RAM available to set up as a print
server and you can talk me through it. I have never run Unix or Linux but
spent a lot of time with DOS so a command line is not unfamiliar.

Thanks,
Martin Wesley
http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html