Digital BW, The Print

At 4:58 AM +0000 7/8/04, Antonis quoted Carl Schofield as writing:
>[snip]
>In QTR the user defines ink partitioning points quantitatively from 
>comparative density measurements of test strips and then QTR 
>generates the curves automatically.
>[snip]

I hope someone, ideally Roy I guess, will add a sort of sidebar or 
box on the options for measuring density well enough to exploit QTR. 
When Roy started QTR, I had the impression that to do it well would 
require something I wouldn't otherwise need and would be expensive. 
But even if that was true then, I'm not sure it would be now.


>Soft proofing and printing are both handled in Photoshop with QTR 
>whereas a separate program (OPM) is used for both printing and 
>softproofing profiles made with IJC.  Both handle profile blending 
>in a similar manner,
>but softproofing the blends is more easily accomplished within the 
>print preview window of OPM.  On the other hand, the use of standard 
>icc softproof profiles allows more accurate proofing as well as 
>image editing within Photoshop with QTR profiles.

Probably I should upgrade Photoshop to CS anyway, but I'm still 
curious to know whether PS 7 - I assume not 6? - is good enough to 
make the most of QTR?


And speaking of softproofing, I assume QTR and IJC require an equally 
good monitor/display and adjustment of it? But again I wonder which 
options are now thought good enough to exploit the software to best 
effect.

In general, I think it would help me get a feel for what QTR-IJC 
compare-and-contrast conclusions might mean for me if posters 
included notes on which hardware and software they use.
--
Sam