Digital BW, The Print

as a minor help, we just up loaded a mini tutorial on curves on the QTR group.   Not long 
and in great depth though.

And how do you define better.  You could print a step wedge I guess and see what you 
think of the separation you are getting, but that can also be dependent on printer and PS 
settings too.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sauganashkid" 
<donald.johnson8@a...> wrote:
> 
> I posted this same message in the Quadtone RIP group and except for 
> one person who said he had the same concerns and questions, I got no 
> replys. So, I thought I would try again over here in the Digital 
> Black and White Print group to see if I could do any better.
> 
>  I find the HELP information jargon on CURVE CREATION in QTRgui to 
> be generally incomprehensible. Not that it would do me much good 
> even if I could understand it because I don't have a densitometer or 
> spectrophotometer which I believe are essential tools required for 
> creating accurate curves.
> 
> I do essentially all of my printing on an Epson 2200 with Epson UC 
> ink and either Epson Watercolor Paper-Radiant White or Velvet Fine 
> Art Paper. Using either of these two papers and the canned curves 
> that came with QTR in the combination 70% UC-EEnhMatte-coolSe and 
> 30% UC-EEnhMatte-warm I get what I consider to be acceptable quality 
> neutral tone ptints. What I'm wondering is, could I do any better if 
> I had custom made curves specifically generated for the two papers I 
> actually use in place of the canned curves for Epson Enhanced Matte 
> Paper? Is there any possibility that the family of curves that came 
> with QTR will be expanded in the future to include Velvet Fine Art 
> and Watercolor Paper? Is there any one who has created custom curves 
> for these papers who would be willing to share them with others who 
> for one reason or another aren't capable of doing the job for 
> themselves? Is there any particular place one can go to to find 
> other custom curves that can be downloaded and used with QTR?