Digital BW, The Print

Keith;

I think Roy needs to update his policy; that statement dates back to 
the earliest releases, and doesn't take into account a lot of work 
done since then, such as the installer, the several dozen curves 
that Roy and others have added that make QTR useable 'out of the 
box', on-goin work to support new printers, and Steve Billiard's GUI 
which now comes integrated, and without which most of us wouldn't be 
using QTR at all.
It may be a fact that under the hood there is some publicly-licensed 
code being used, (Microsoft uses some too, when was the last time 
you heard them say any part of their programs are free?) but how do 
you actually use QTR without using some or all of the above? Try 
downloading Gimp-Print and making it do what QTR does-it ain't gonna 
happen, so let's be fair: at $50.00 it's the cheapest RIP on the 
market, and worth much more. 
In fairness to Roy, Steve, and all; the other fine folks who have 
contributed, please consider changing your article.


Steve Karafyllakis


-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Vitollo" 
<jvlist@c...> wrote:
> Interesting...I just read Roy's shareware paragraph...sure is 
confusing! You might be right..
> 
> > > Keith...nice article but QTR isn't free...costs $50.00.
> > The printing part is free. The curve generation part is 
shareware and asks for the $50 if 
> you 
> > use it regularly
> > see
> > http://harrington.com/QuadToneRIP.html
> > Is this not the case for the PC version? Just I've not got a PC 
and never tried it on one
> > Keith