Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" <tyler@t...> 
wrote:
> I'm way overdue posting about my QTR experiences. I was hoping to
> really get into this because I think it's pretty great. Unfortunately
> now it's months later and I suspect there's even been updates since I
> left off.
> My opinion of working a bit with it is that the results with a 3000
> were very good, very comparable to other partioned quad methods. there
> was a very slick linearization process with the EyeOne that made most
> of the process automatic. It could be done visually as well without
> problems. The end result was a bit less constraty in the mids, with a
> hair more open shadows than printing with the Piezo plugin. Dots were
> about as unobtrusive as the plugin. The only things that took a little
> time were because a lot of the info you need is spread out amongst a
> few different docs, and the math for selecting your partitioning took
> a while to sink in. 
> What would have helped would have been a very straightforward 1, 2, 3
> step by step easy start guide. You can learn the whys later, just get
> printing. I recall having some problems at first because of having to
> go in and make sure CALIBRATION=NO or YES, depending, particulary if
> you are starting from a provided Quad Ink Descriptor File. All the
> controls are present to do many different things with many different
> kinds of ink sets. I only tried a straight quad set. Roy's work is
> exactly at the forefront of what seems to be going on in other
> software coming out these days for quads.
> The reason working with it fell by the wayside is that a partner and I
> have embarked on a new business and it's consumed all of my time.
> Experimenting and interacting on lists has taken a big back seat.
> After years of playing, recent developements secured my deciding to
> offer a fine art quad tone printing service. We are finally set up
> with a 9600, StudioPrint, variable blends with Piezotone inksets, even
> I am impressed. So all my dinking around and reporting minutia,
> declining over the years anyway, will be scarcer. 
> Wish me luck, and good luck Roy, really impressed.
> Tyler


Thanks, Tyler.

I definitely wish you good luck on your new business endeavor.

Roy