Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Vitollo" 
<jvlist@c...> wrote:
> "john dean" wrote:
> 
> > What is involved with profiling quad inks in QTR for a 7000?
> 
> I've used QTR on two Epson 1160s with Piezotone and currently an 
Epson 890 with UT2 
> inks.
> 
> I've never made profiles from scratch - with the 1160s I would 
tweak supplied profiles by 
> hand - changing values in the file. Read the "GettingStarted" file 
for more info on what the 
> numbers mean. 
> 
> With the Epson 890 and UT2 inks I had Roy linearize profiles for my 
printer as I didn't have 
> a densitometer and wanted the best profiles possible. Roy charged 
me and I was willing to 
> pay for it. It was the best bucks I spent on B+W printing.
> 
> As QTR becomes more popular there will be more profiles to share 
where all that will be 
> needed is a tweak here or there.
> 
> > complex was it for you to make your profiles for Cone inks and UT 
pigments?
> 
> The one weaknesses with QTR is the instructions are a little 
confusing on building a profile 
> from scratch. Having Roy help me with my profiles really cleared my 
understanding of the 
> process better. I'm sure all of us on this list can help you 
through the process. Roy has 
> excellent email support also.
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> John V