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Re: Problems with QTR

2005-04-03 by Steve

Phil, remember...I'm new to the QTR and just feeling a little 
overwhelmed, there's a lot to learn and understand.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Rose" 
<pjrose@f...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve"
> <blizzie12@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > Gee, Diane, there has to be an easier way. 
> > >   
> 
> Gee, Steve, surely you don't really think that printing six 
grayscale
> wedge strips on a _single_ sheet of paper is too difficult and or
> wasteful of paper/ink?
> 
> That will give you 10 or 12 strips printed on just two sheets
> --showing the tones from warmest to coolest in combinations such 
as:
> 100/0, 95/5, 90/10...10/90, 5/95, 100/0. Well, I'm sure you get the
> picture. It might take you all of one hour to do the lot of them; 
then
> you simply use the curves (combination) that best suits your taste.
> That's far better, IMHO, than trying to simulate the paper tones on
> your monitor. Yes, you will need to do this same procedure for each
> paper/ink combination of interest. Not a big deal.
> 
> Phil

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