Digital BW, The Print

The file format is fine. However, all the files are named with the suffix
.qidf.txt. That's OK, because the QTRGui can open them if you select "all files"
in the File Type drop-down.

-Stephen
 www.sbillard.org/Stephen


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Schofield [mailto:scho@...] 
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 5:12 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] QTR .quad and .qidf
> 
> 
> 
> I put up the .quad files for PC users before they had the 
> capability to 
> use the text ink descriptor files.  The ink descriptor files have now 
> been added to the QUAD2200 archive.  These were originally for use on 
> the Mac so I'm not sure if any special formating is required for the 
> PC.  I just added a .qidf suffix.
> 
> Carl
> 
> On Apr 9, 2005, at 1:49 PM, Stephen Billard 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
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Tom Husband [mailto:thusband@sbcglobal.net]
> >> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:59 PM
> >> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: [Digital BW] QTR .quad and .qidf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> In my quad2200 folder in the quadtone folder I have .quad paper 
> >> profiles/curves.  In my 2200-uc folder in the profiles 
> folder I have 
> >> .qidf paper profiles/curves.  When I go into Curve Creation in QTR 
> >> and open a file it's a .qidf.  Sorry but what's the difference 
> >> between .qidf and .quad?  I have UC-EEnhMatte-cool.quad and 
> >> UC-EEnhMatte-cool.qidf but I only have UCmk-MBW-cool.quad and not 
> >> UCmk-MBW-cool.qidf.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> 
> 
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