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PC QTR Paper type

PC QTR Paper type

2005-02-21 by elitephotolv

I use a PC with QTR 2.2.0 with a 2200 and am a bit confused egarding 
the drop down list for tye under the Media heading.

The list has Plain Paper, Plain Paper Fast Load, Postcard, Glossy 
Film, Transparencies, Envelopes, Back Light Film, Matte Paper, 
Inkjet Paper, Photo Quality Inkjdet Paper, Photo Paper, Premium 
Glolly Photo Paper, Premium Luster Photo Paper, Photo Quality Glossy 
paper, Ilford Heavy Paper, ColorLife Paper and Other.

I am usually printing on Epson Enhanced Matte and that is not on the 
list.

My question is this:  Why does this list exist?  Is it to tell teh 
printer how much ink to lay down based on the absorbtion rate of the 
papers listed?  I know epson does this with their paper selection 
under the advanced settings tab.

I get images that look wonderful using both Ilford Heavy Paper and 
Matte Paper settings but I wonder why either Epson Velvet or 
Enhanced Matte aren't on the list.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks,
Randy

Re: [Digital BW] PC QTR Paper type

2005-02-21 by Steve Kale

QTR runs on the back of Gimp from which, I believe, this list derives.  Just
use Matte unless a QTR curve's readme directs you to do otherwise.  The
person who designs the curve does so with a selected media setting (usually
Matte Paper).  As such the curve is calibrated for that setting.  If someone
wrote a curve for Velvet they would likely calibrate the curve using the
Matte Paper setting.
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> From: elitephotolv <elitephotolv@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:23:08 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] PC QTR Paper type
> 
> 
> 
> I use a PC with QTR 2.2.0 with a 2200 and am a bit confused egarding
> the drop down list for tye under the Media heading.
> 
> The list has Plain Paper, Plain Paper Fast Load, Postcard, Glossy
> Film, Transparencies, Envelopes, Back Light Film, Matte Paper,
> Inkjet Paper, Photo Quality Inkjdet Paper, Photo Paper, Premium
> Glolly Photo Paper, Premium Luster Photo Paper, Photo Quality Glossy
> paper, Ilford Heavy Paper, ColorLife Paper and Other.
> 
> I am usually printing on Epson Enhanced Matte and that is not on the
> list.
> 
> My question is this:  Why does this list exist?  Is it to tell teh
> printer how much ink to lay down based on the absorbtion rate of the
> papers listed?  I know epson does this with their paper selection
> under the advanced settings tab.
> 
> I get images that look wonderful using both Ilford Heavy Paper and
> Matte Paper settings but I wonder why either Epson Velvet or
> Enhanced Matte aren't on the list.
> 
> Any ideas anyone?
> 
> Thanks,
> Randy

Re: [Digital BW] PC QTR Paper type

2005-02-22 by B. Ellis

I> get images that look wonderful using both Ilford Heavy Paper and
>Matte Paper settings but I wonder why either Epson Velvet or
>Enhanced Matte aren't on the list.


The curves drop down menu lists specific papers by brand. If you look there
you should see curves for EEM.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "elitephotolv" <elitephotolv@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 6:23 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] PC QTR Paper type




I use a PC with QTR 2.2.0 with a 2200 and am a bit confused egarding
the drop down list for tye under the Media heading.

The list has Plain Paper, Plain Paper Fast Load, Postcard, Glossy
Film, Transparencies, Envelopes, Back Light Film, Matte Paper,
Inkjet Paper, Photo Quality Inkjdet Paper, Photo Paper, Premium
Glolly Photo Paper, Premium Luster Photo Paper, Photo Quality Glossy
paper, Ilford Heavy Paper, ColorLife Paper and Other.

I am usually printing on Epson Enhanced Matte and that is not on the
list.

My question is this:  Why does this list exist?  Is it to tell teh
printer how much ink to lay down based on the absorbtion rate of the
papers listed?  I know epson does this with their paper selection
under the advanced settings tab.

I get images that look wonderful using both Ilford Heavy Paper and
Matte Paper settings but I wonder why either Epson Velvet or
Enhanced Matte aren't on the list.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks,
Randy






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Re: [Digital BW] PC QTR Paper type

2005-02-22 by ferdinand_paris

I asked this same question a while ago.  Roy's reply is in 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhite
ThePrint/message/51245

The short answer is that it doesn't matter for most printers.  It
doesn't have anything to do with the amount of ink that is used or
paper absorption or anything like that.  Media heading is quite
separate from Curves (this is on the PC version - no idea about the
Mac).

This question is sure to be asked over and over again, because the
answer is far from obvious, and it would be useful if the essential
elements in Roy's reply were included somewhere in the QTR(Gui)
documentation, like the QTRGui help file.  

F_P


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> QTR runs on the back of Gimp from which, I believe, this list
derives.  Just
> use Matte unless a QTR curve's readme directs you to do otherwise. 
The
> person who designs the curve does so with a selected media setting
(usually
> Matte Paper).  As such the curve is calibrated for that setting.  If
someone
> wrote a curve for Velvet they would likely calibrate the curve
using the
> Matte Paper setting.
> 
> 
> > From: elitephotolv <elitephotolv@e...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:23:08 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] PC QTR Paper type
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I use a PC with QTR 2.2.0 with a 2200 and am a bit confused
egarding
> > the drop down list for tye under the Media heading.
> > 
> > The list has Plain Paper, Plain Paper Fast Load, Postcard, Glossy
> > Film, Transparencies, Envelopes, Back Light Film, Matte Paper,
> > Inkjet Paper, Photo Quality Inkjdet Paper, Photo Paper, Premium
> > Glolly Photo Paper, Premium Luster Photo Paper, Photo Quality
Glossy
> > paper, Ilford Heavy Paper, ColorLife Paper and Other.
> > 
> > I am usually printing on Epson Enhanced Matte and that is not on
the
> > list.
> > 
> > My question is this:  Why does this list exist?  Is it to tell teh
> > printer how much ink to lay down based on the absorbtion rate of
the
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> > papers listed?  I know epson does this with their paper selection
> > under the advanced settings tab.
> > 
> > I get images that look wonderful using both Ilford Heavy Paper and
> > Matte Paper settings but I wonder why either Epson Velvet or
> > Enhanced Matte aren't on the list.
> > 
> > Any ideas anyone?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Randy

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