Digital BW, The Print

No

You should download and have QTR Gray Lab as your grey scale workspace (QTR
linearizes Lab L readings and hence you are better off working in Lab - QTR
Gray Lab is Lab without the a and b channels).  When you go to print (or
create a soft proof) you should have document space QTR Gray Lab (when you
loaded the document you will have had to decide whether to convert or assign
QTR Gray Lab), print space should be either QTR Gray Matte Paper or QTR Gray
Photo Paper (not QTR Gray Lab as noted below) with Perceptual Intent and Use
Black Point Compensation.  This will use the perceptual intent engine to
remap file values to the tonal range typical of matte or photo paper.  This
is a recent but very important/powerful addition to QTR.  You should have
already done the page set up for the QTR printer.  In the QTR print driver
take a look at Quadtone RIP's settings.  In general, select 1440 super (2880
has issues at least on the 21/2200) and check out how you can select the
curves - these must have been installed prior to opening PS...follow the
instructions for installing the curves relevant to your printer.

Please trim your posts.


> From: jsigmonmd24 <jsigmonmd24@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:25:02 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] qtr for dummies...
> 
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Now that you've done the install, Go to photoshop, pull up a photo to test
> with, go to print
> preview, make sure show more options is clicked, choose colour management box,
> then 
> document on mine says QTR gray lab (but thats only if you also download the
> lab 
> grayscale download under the QTR download on the harrington website, which you
> might 
> as well go ahead and do now, its nice for proofing your output), then under
> print space 
> pick profile QTR gray lab and below that select perceptual and mark the black
> compensation box.. Whew
> 
> Then click on print, under next box pick quad4000 under printer, which I
> promise will be 
> their since you did the 4000 install, than below that pick quadtone RIP and
> the rest is 
> intuitive before pressing print again.
> 
> BTW make sure the 4000 was hooked up and powered on when you did the install
> 4000.
> 
> keep it up!
> 
> Jason
>