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[Digital BW] Re: Announcement: QuadToneRIP for Windows XP

2004-08-06 by Steven Karafyllakis

Good deal, Roy, congratulations!

I suppose the logical next step would be to include the 7600/9600 
printers?


Steve Karafyllakis

http://www.stevekphoto.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy 
Harrington" <roy@h...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter 
Marquis-Kyle" 
> <peter@m...> wrote:
> > Roy Harrington wrote:
> > 
> > > I've just uploaded the first release of QuadToneRIP for the PC.
> > > The initial version supports the 2200 with UltraChrome Inks.
> > >
> > > Other printers and canned profiles will be available fairly 
soon.
> > > Support for creating your own profiles is not available yet.
> > 
> > Bravo, Roy!
> > 
> > Now I'll ask some of the questions that will make you ask 
yourself why you began
> > tinkering with Windows...
> 
> Yes, sometimes I wonder!
> 
> > 
> > *  Will it work with Windows 2000?
> 
> I don't know.  I imagine the programs themselves will run just 
fine.  The
> issue will be whether or not the output gets to the printer.  It 
would be
> great if someone will a little windows know-how would try it.
> 
> > 
> > *  What's the timetable for adding support for other printers? 
(Epson 1160?)
> 
> The code is basically there. I've worked on some of the image 
positioning
> code and I'd like to do some sanity test checking on the
> various printers.  If there are desires for certain printers I'll 
do those first.
> 
> > 
> > *  Ditto other inksets (MIS-VM?)
> 
> I can bring the profiles I have over to windows.
> 
> > 
> > *  Are the Windows profiles completely different from the *nix 
ones, needing to
> > be made from scratch, or can you convert one to another?
> 
> The profiles are identical -- the code that converts grayscale to 
> printer dots is identical.  Anyone with Mac profiles can just copy 
them over.
> 
> > 
> > Peter Marquis-Kyle
> 
> Roy

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