Digital BW, The Print

(1) Windows only. I was under the impression that the MAC implementation of
QuadToneRIP was graphical. Anyway, no plans for a MAC version.

(2) Sorry, all it does is what the MAC print driver does. (At least what I
assume the MAC print driver does, I haven't seen it.) It just packages up
the commands to run the Windows version of QuadToneRIP.

(3) No, we on the PC use Qimage for layouts.



-Stephen
 www.sbillard.org/Stephen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: chipcarterdc [mailto:chipcarterdc@...] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 1:27 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Many questions regarding QuadTone RIP and QTRgui
> 
> 
> (1) QTRgui is a Windows-only application, yes?  If so, any 
> indications of future 
> development for the Mac?
> 
> (2) I assume that the "gui" in the name stands for "Graphical 
> User Interface."  
> Does that mean that, when you open an image in QTRgui and apply a QTR 
> curve, it shows the tonal effect of different curves?  In 
> other words, if you're 
> using QTR via QTRgui and select the "warm" curve, does the image on 
> screen change to reflect the warm selection?  If so, I really 
> want it for the Mac.
> 
> (3)  Does the development of QTRgui mean that QTR now has some of the 
> functions like ImagePrint has, e.g., the ability to lay out 
> multiple images  
> visually on a page; bypassing the Epson print driver to be 
> able to print longer 
> than 90 inches?  I guess what I'm asking here, since I can't 
> try a QTRgui 
> demo, is what exactly does it do?  No offense, but the info 
> on the webpage for 
> it doesn't tell me much: "QTRgui is a front end to Roy 
> Harrington's Quad Tone 
> RIP for Windows."  And all the questions posted about it here 
> are by people 
> already using it, so they kinda already know basically what it does.
> 
> (4) Re: QTR itself: any further info on support for the Epson 
> 4000 yet?  I ask b/ c I have a 9600 and a 4000, and already 
> have ImagePrint for the 9600, but 
> not the 4000.  (I also have QTR for the 9600, but not the 
> 4000 since QTR 
> didn't work for the 4000 when last I checked).
> 
> (5) Also re: QTR itself, Roy's intro page indicates that 
> "QuadToneRIP now 
> supports the 21/2200 and 76/9600 printers with Epson 
> UltraChrome Inks. The 
> profiles provide metamerism-free Black & White printing with 
> a full range of 
> tones from cool to neutral to warm and sepia."  When I just 
> downloaded the 
> 76/9600 profiles, I don't see a "neutral" curve -- rather, I 
> see the same "Cool", 
> "CoolSe" and "Warm" curves that I already have installed  I 
> understand that 
> many people are combining curves to get a "neutral" print, 
> but I have never 
> been able to come up with a curve combo that looks neutral to 
> me -- I get 
> beautiful warm, cool, or selenium tones, but not neutral.  
> I'm NOT knocking 
> QTR, but it would be nice if there is indeed now a standard 
> "neutral" curve.
> 
> Sorry for all the questions.  Thanks!
> 
>