I downloaded the update to QTR and installed it. I had been working
on an image that was giving me trouble with being much too dark in
the print, compared to the monitor. I've started getting quite a few
of those lately, and don't understand why. I was debating what to do
to get a better match when I saw the below message from Roy about the
update. Reading about reducing the ink limit for 2880, and even
though I am using the 1440 profiles; I decided to try just reducing
the ink limit -45 to see if it made any real change in the resulting
print that had been to dark. Well, lo and behold, it now almost
matches the monitor enough that I can pretty much rely on the screen
image to give me almost exactly matching results in the printed
image. If I only could get a densitometer and create the profiles for
my paper/ink combination!!! This will have to do for now, though.
This is the only print I've tried this on, but will try another to
see if it's a fluke or the real deal.
Your friend in Photography,
Johnny
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
<roy@h...> wrote:
>
>
> There is a new update for QTR on Windows.
>
> 1) There are a couple of minor bug fixes.
>
> 2) 2880dpi is now working. Caveats: with so many more
> dots the ink limits must be reduced. To use 1440dpi profiles
> set the ink limits in QTRgui to -45%. This will give very
similar
> densities. The other major issue is that it is quite slow and
most
> of the time not worth it. I find the best results on my printer
> by using 1440dpi, better. 1440super is also good but slower.
>
> 3) Also all the profiling files are now included in the download.
>
> 4) Additionally there is a separate curve making tutorial that can
be
> downloaded separately. It has info that is relevant to both PC
and Mac.
>
> Roy