Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul,

I've been using QTR with great success and I can hardly program a photoshop action.
I'm even making my own curves without any measuring tools beyond comparing step 
wedges by eye. (took a bit of practice!) With a densitomiter you will probably 
eliminate a lot of this trial and error.

The QTR prints are far better than with the old piezo plug-in and seem to have no 
posterization that I can find. It's easy to control each ink individually.

As for your new mac, it should be quite easy to network with your pc.  An ethernet 
cable is all you need I think.(at least from the mac end)

To print, you will not even need to copy the file to the mac. Just open any photo 
editing software on the mac and open the file right off the pc. Then just print to the 
QTR driver and you should be all set. If you don't have photoshop CS for the mac, a 
shareware "graphic converter" software could probably work well or even Photoshop 
Elements for the Mac. Maybe even iPhoto that comes with the mac will work.

I do have a question for you though:

I'm now using the old FS inks w/generations black in my 1160. When the ink runs 
out, I was thinking of changing to the newer UT inks and black. Ideally I'd like to run 
2 greys and either two blacks (photo/matte) or one black and one toner. I am happy 
with the color of the old FS inks though.  I would really like a good glossy solution in 
addition to the matte papers. Could you advise me on which inks to order? I'll make 
my own curves using the QTR.

I've gotten kind of confused with all the new UT inks and versions.

Thanks,
-bruce

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> John,
> 
> Thanks for the info.
> 
> I'm beginning to think I should just get a new G4 laptop with PS CS.  I
> should learn Mac and PS anyway.  Anderson Ranch (the workshop I'm leading
> this summer) is 100% Mac.  So I should learn it.  Also, I could use a
> laptop.  I will continue to do my editing on the PC.  But it sounds like
> Roy's suggestion of using a USB flash memory card for file transfer is easy.
> I assume also I could easily burn a CD full of all the files I'd need to
> transfer.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com