On Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 12:17 PM, myriad_one wrote:
> Roy and others,
>
> Thanks-- yes it was a bad cups-devel.rpm file. I downloaded a new
> one from Redhat and got QuadToneRIP to build just fine. Yeah!
>
> Now I need help with installing the curves though. I want to use
> Epson Premium Luster paper with Ultrachrome inks for my printing. I
> looked in both the sampleInks and Profiles directories of
> QuadToneRIP, but didn't see any ink curves for Epson Premium
> Luster. I saw curves for Enhanced Matt and some other papers.
>
> Where can I get the curves for Premium Luster--UC inks and how do I
> install them? I downloaded the Epson UC2200.SIT file from Roy's
> site, but I have no idea what to do with a .SIT file or if it
> contains curves for Premium Luster. Perhaps there is some doc on
> this I didn't see?
>
> Just to see if I could do a print, I installed the already-provided
> curves for Enhanced Matte. But when I ran qtcups no curves showed
> up in the dialog box (My QUAD2200 printer and QuadToneRIP choices do
> show up OK). I selected Premium Luster paper in the dialog so
> perhaps that is why no curves showed up?
>
> Once I have the curves installed for Premium Luster, what settings
> should I use in the qtcups dialog box for that paper type?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help (anyone not just Roy!). I am so
> close on getting this to work I can taste the ink :)
>
> -North Krimsly
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy
> Harrington" <roy@h...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi North,
>>
>> It sounds like you've got two issues.
>>
>> The first is missing cups-config. This is a shell script that
> just echos
>> the directories of where to find various cups pieces. As you
> mentioned
>> maybe you have a stripped down cups version. Possibly redhat.com
>> has downloads that would have this. The script is very simple
> and if
>> you can't get a redhat version I can help make a new one.
>>
>> The second is missing libcups.a. As you probably know this is a
> library for
>> some of the cups routines. Dynamic libraries vary system to system
>> so I don't know why the shared version isn't being used.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m, "myriad_one"
>> <myriad_one@y...> wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I have been attempting to install Roy Harrington's QuadTone RIP
>>> software on Redhat Linux, and I need your help! I think I have
>>> everything right expect that CUPS doesn't seem to be installed
>>> correctly and so quadtone RIP won't build.
>>>
>>> I have followed the instructions in QTR-LinuxNotes.pdf. I have
>>> downloaded and installed webmin, quad.convs per instructions.
> My
>>> Redhat installation (9.0) seems to have CUPS installed as I was
> able
>>> to do a test print on my Epson 2200 and the test page said it
> was
>>> using CUPS 1.1.x.
>>>
>>> I have gotten to the point of running the make script (install-
>>> quadtonerip). The script compiled all the modules but had shell
>>> errors with cups-config:
>>> "/bin/sh: line 1: cups-config: command not found"
>>> Make still continued but failed when the linker tried to pull in
> the
>>> cups library:
>>> "/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcups"
>>>
>>> This seems like I do not have the development version of CUPS
>>> installed, even if I can print OK. So I downloaded cups-devel-
>>> 1.1.20-1.i386.rpm and installed it using rpm. That looked like
> it
>>> worked though it gave a warning that some files conflicted with
> the
>>> earlier installed version of CUPS files.
>>>
>>> I then re-ran the install-quadtonerip script (after doing a make
>>> clean on both src directories). Still no dice, same errors. I
> did
>>> a find for "libcups.a" as well as "cups-config" and neither
> could be
>>> found. (though I do have the shared lib libcups.so.2). I also
> did a
>>> locate cups-conf and it does not find the file in /usr/bin as it
> is
>>> supposed to be.
>>>
>>> I'm out of ideas but I think I'm pretty close to getting this
>>> built. Help please!
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> -North Krimsly
>
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