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Re: [Digital BW] QTR .quad and .qidf

2005-04-09 by Tom Husband

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Billard"
<stephen@s...> wrote:
> The Quad Ink Descriptor Files (.qidf) are the "human readable" form
of the curve
> files. Kind like the difference between Source Code and Object Code
in computer
> programming if that means anything to you. There is more information
in the
> .qidf file in some cases, information that is only needed when
creating the
> .quad curve, not when using it for printing.
> 
> The Ucmk-MBW-Cool.quad file you have did not come from the QuadToneRIP
> installation. You probably got it from Carl Schofield's WEB site.
Last I looked,
> he wasn't providing the ink descriptor files to go with his quad files.
> 
> -Stephen
>  www.sbillard.org/Stephen

Right, the Ucmk-MBW-Cool.quad file came from Carl Schofield.  I
understand a little more now..sort of.

Thanks,

Tom

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