Hi Manuel,
I agree with you completely. I used linux (Redhat 9 at the time) and
QTR for the better part of a year when I was using an Epson 860 with
the MIS-VM ink-set. Worked like a charm. I went to a 2200 and couldn't
solve a couple of problems in the filters and print queue. I've tried
Fedora, SUSe and Mandrake and ran into the same problem. That pushed me
into getting an old Mac from ebay and it has been clear sailing since.
Wine and CrossOver have gone a long way to making it a more than viable
substitute for windows but if one has to get into the guts of the
system it isn't an easy chore for the uninitiated. Close but not quite
there.
Roger
On Oct 12, 2004, at 6:31 PM, Manuel Toledo Quinones wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Roger L Sopher
> <rlsopher@c...> wrote:
> > Peter Nelson wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Roger L
> Sopher
> > > <rlsopher@c...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I routinely moved images back and forth from PC to linuxbox
> using
> > > one of
> > > > those USB key chain units. Worked with no problem and was fast.
> > >
> > > What about converting Nikon RAW files?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Can't speak to that -- For digital I use a Pentax 1stD and Minota
> 7i. I
> > would think that if you had the raw plugin for PS� the conversion
> would
> > go without problem. I didn't have the raw plug in for PS 701 and did
> the
> > conversions using the vendor supplied utilities on my PC and
> transferred
> > the files as tifs. Now that I think about it I never tried running
> the
> > conversion utility using crossover - dumb...� If my memory is
> accurate I
> > think you can get a trial version of crossover that will run a week
> or
> > so to see if it will do the job for you.
> >
> > Roger
>
> After a few hours of work, I got QTR to work on SUSE Linux with a
> 1280. I have made a few prints and they look very good. I have Picture
> Windows working with wine, and Photoshop 7 working with Crossover.
>
> There is a program called gphoto2 (http://www.gphoto.org) that may be
> useful for getting images from your camera. I use a CF card reader,
> and Canon�s utility (which runs well under wine) to convert RAW files.
> There is also a program called dcraw
> (http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/) that can do the conversion
> from RAW to 8-bit and 16-bit/channel pnm format files, but the 16
> bits/ch are very dark so I prefer to use Canon�s utility. Other
> utilities can take the png file and produce jpg and tiff files.�
>
> Setting up everything does take some time, but I like Linux stability
> and the availability of many quality programs for free.
>
> For 18 months I used windows with the UT and UT2 inksets and Paul�s
> curves. In fact, my perceived lack of a feasible b/w workflow under
> Linux was the reason I was using mostly windows. Now that I have QTR
> and the other programs working under Linux, I will use it for a while
> to see how it goes. Initially, however, it seems to me that all the
> components nedded to produce good b/w prints under linux are
> available.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> -- Manuel���
>
>
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