Digital BW, The Print

As someone pointed out previously on the list, 
if you install QTRgui as an 'editing' graphics app in the appropriate PS settings location, you can print 'directly from PS'  viz:

AFTER you have assigned Gray Lab -Matte or other Roy/GrayLab profile to the image (WITHOUT saving it in that form)
while in PS you can click on 'Edit in QTR', which will open QTRgui with the appropriate image selected, and you can make your QTR settings and print from there.  You must remember to keep UNCHECKED the 'autoprint when image is selected' option in your QTR default settings, else the PS/QTR combo will hang.

I've done it, and found it was basically about as convenient for me to save a Gray-Matte copy of my image and then open QTR separately for printing.  PS hogs so much memory the way I have it set that there's not much RAM left to run other apps at the same time, but that may not be true for others.

BTW-- for whatever reason, I don't find it necessary or useful to use soft proofing when I am using the Gray Lab work space and Gray Matte print space.  After some adjustment of the QTR gamma setting, what I get on the screen (monitor profiled) is very close to what I get out of the printer.  I keep my room lights on while working, which may have the effect of changing my perceptual visual contrast enough to make this method work.  With room lights off, obviously a CRT can present a far greater range of densities than any paper and ink could hold.  

I would quote the method of setting up PS if I remembered it, but if you do a search on 'QTR' with 'PS' and 'edit in' or some such, I bet it would work.

ted

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Kale 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:24 AM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Quadtone RIP Faded print


  [...] With a Mac you
  can print using QTR driver straight from PS and ask PS to do the conversion
  from workspace to printspace on the fly - just as you do for colour work.
  With the PC version this has to be done manually.  So when you get your
  image looking good, save it as your master, convert to the print space (QTR
  matte or photo), turn on the soft proofing (as I have described about 6
  times in the last 24 hours ;-)  ) and adjust with a print contrast curve to
  your liking, do your print sharpening and then save as a print version.
  From QTRGui open this image and print it.


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