Digital BW, The Print

On 9/10/04 8:07 PM, "johnmuir.geo" sent the following verbage:

> Here's a link to the two versions of the image:
> 
> http://zhidoni.home.comcast.net/rip.htm
> 

As far as I know you have to add the profiles as a variable. Those that were
supplied with both RIPS will effect the image differently. You can tweak
your QTR file so that it prints more similarly to the image print output
which appears to have more compression in the blacks .. Whereas the QTR
image appears to have a smoother range throughout.

I find that if I'm using a file previously printed through another driver or
RIP I have to add an S curve or at the very least drop the lower blacks so
that it prints similar to the previous output. This again I feel is because
the profiles supplied with QTR handle the files well, without the
compression inherent in other methods I was using.

If I am printing a new file, I manipulate it for the QTR output, using the
softproofs supplied by Carl, and the match is very nice to the screen.

Bottom line in my opinion is that each RIP / profile combo will handle your
file differently, reliant on the way the RIP handles the data yes, but also
reliant on profile, and linearization... and you have to manipulate your
tones in the image file to reflect the desired output from each.

So to do a straight comparison with these variables in mind, is not doing
either RIP a service. I'd appreciate being corrected if my thoughts are off
base.


Carolyn

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