Digital BW, The Print

For those of you using IJC/OPM on the Mac, I am seeking clarity on 
something.

I want to be able to print from Photoshop as well as Illustrator. This 
is where QTR works great as you just choose the driver settings and 
print from any application.

Is OPM a standalone RIP or queueing software for images? Or does it 
work like QTR. Does it only print images, or can you just as easily 
print from any other application?

I have been using QTR with some success but am thinking of switching to 
IJC/OPM to get a better method of controlling curves. I find the QTR 
system a bit difficult to understand and tweak, but love it once it is 
up and running. I am looking to switch to different inks and don't 
relish going back through the calibration process again.

James Haney
jhaney@...

Hi James

The simple answer is no. OPM is a standalone application that uses 
IJC profiles. You can only print using OPM. Likewise the profiles you 
can make in IJC only work with OPM. If you want to print using other 
applications then QTR is the way to go.

Peter.

James,

I use the PC version of IJC/OPM.  QTR and IJC/OPM use the exact same 
gimp print engine, so they should both have the same capabilities and 
print output, given the same profile.  The way you develop profiles 
is just different, and they are coded differetly so you cannot use 
QTR profiles in IJC/OPM and vice versa.

OPM is a standalone printing utility (at least on the PC), but it is 
not a postscript RIP, so it doesn't know how to read or convert 
postscript data.  It only accepts 8 or 16 bit RGB or grayscale TIF, 
PSD and JPG files.  You can export to TIF from Illustrator, save it, 
and it will open and print in OPM.

In the PC version of QTR you need to open the file directly in QTR as 
a standalone utility, but the Mac version allows you to print from a 
program like Photoshop directly to QTR.  I'm not sure if Mac version 
of IJC/OPM works this way or not.  If not, the above procedure will 
work.

This probably doesn't completely answer your questions, but I have 
one of those lowly PC's!  :O)

Lou



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, James Haney 
<jhaney@l...> wrote:
> For those of you using IJC/OPM on the Mac, I am seeking clarity on 
> something.
> 
> I want to be able to print from Photoshop as well as Illustrator. 
This 
> is where QTR works great as you just choose the driver settings and 
> print from any application.
> 
> Is OPM a standalone RIP or queueing software for images? Or does it 
> work like QTR. Does it only print images, or can you just as easily 
> print from any other application?
> 
> I have been using QTR with some success but am thinking of 
switching to 
> IJC/OPM to get a better method of controlling curves. I find the 
QTR 
> system a bit difficult to understand and tweak, but love it once it 
is 

> up and running. I am looking to switch to different inks and don't 
> relish going back through the calibration process again.
> 
> James Haney
> jhaney@l...