Whoops, meant in the Subject line to say, add Sliders to QTR Gui. My bad. Scott Scott McLoughlin wrote: > I just have a question about printing methods, papers and control. > > QTR offers an amazing level of control with the requisite input and > LOE of creating curves for one's papers and inks, buying/using a > densitometer and attendent software and the like. > > Paul's C86 + MIS Quadtone inks provides an amazing level of > convencience, and pretty remarkable "out of the box" results with a > wide variety of papers using just the Epson driver and the various > sliders. Only a few papers seem to warrant application of an adjustment > curve. Pretty amazing if you think about it. > > Since QTR can control so many different printers, I wonder if the addition > of a few slider controls to QTR GUI could offer the convenience and > quality of results of the C86 system but with a wider variety of > papers/printers > to folks (I guess like me) who don't have the tools/acumen to profile > their > own papers. > > For example, perhaps some QTR GUI sliders plus using some "base curves" > (like the EEM curves or Entrada curves or whatever), might yield suitable > results on different matte papers for which dedicated curves are not > available, > or perhaps, not yet available. > > For example, with 2200 or 4000 UC "2K" printing. Or is it the Quad inkset > itself which allows for such flexibility, convenience and results with > Paul's > C86 system? > > Just a thought and a question. > > Thansk for all and any enlightenment. > > Scott > > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other > resources as they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish > to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting > this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to > keep them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or > flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from > the membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital > B&W printing. 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Re: [Digital BW] QTR curves vs. C86 and sliders - Add QTR GUI Sliders?
2005-08-25 by Scott McLoughlin
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