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QTR Questions about Linearizing and reading patches???

2009-01-27 by Randy Rancier

I also posted this question on the QTR group site!

The issue I'm having is with reading the "Ink Pattern Page" for QTR is with my
densitometer (Spyder3Print); is that each patch or square is so small it is hard to tell if I
have the sensor directly in the center or overlapping into the next square. The instructions
were very adamant about not resizing or changing the inkseparation.psd file in
anyway, although I've done this when printing targets for developing color profiles, which 
ColorData says is ok.

Is there a larger "Ink Pattern Page" out there that would make reading the
"patches" much easier? Seems that reading the 21-step patterns is the only way to 
linearize custom curves.
I know that you can use a scanner to set your ink limits with, but I see no way
to linearize using a scanner; if so what is the procedure?

I'm going to try painting, just around the outside tip of my densitometer with
some "whiteout" which should make it much easier to see the placement of the
densitometer sensor directly over the squares, particularly the dark ones, which are
especially hard to see.

Thanks,
Randy

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