Digital BW, The Print

I'm very happy with QTRgui...there are *never* any bad surprises and
black is always black, when I want it to be. 

I can from long experience previsualize B&W from color, just as from
the "real world," and I don't mind a couple of test prints while I get
the B&W output I'm after from color on my monitor...(I do get very
accurate color Vs color)...and the QTRgui sliders make it easy get the
kind of tone I like the most from any give paper (I like old Agfa
Portriga Rapid look on Entrada). 

So what advantage is there in working with QTR, rather than with QTRgui?

There is no difference that I know of.  The gui is just the graphic 
interface that makes QTR user friendly.  
Otherwise you would have to do it all in text editors.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon" 
<westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
> 
> I'm very happy with QTRgui...there are *never* any bad surprises and
> black is always black, when I want it to be. 
> 
> I can from long experience previsualize B&W from color, just as from
> the "real world," and I don't mind a couple of test prints while I 
get
> the B&W output I'm after from color on my monitor...(I do get very
> accurate color Vs color)...and the QTRgui sliders make it easy get 
the
> kind of tone I like the most from any give paper (I like old Agfa
> Portriga Rapid look on Entrada). 
> 
> So what advantage is there in working with QTR, rather than with 
QTRgui?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "zonepeter"
<zonepeter@a...> wrote:
> 
> There is no difference that I know of.  The gui is just the graphic 
> interface that makes QTR user friendly.  
> Otherwise you would have to do it all in text editors.
>  

If you're using QTRgui (are you?) what are you tweaking to make
yourself happier with it?

Yes, I am using QTRgui.  I don't do any big time tweaking.  I prepare 
files as many have described on this board and print.  I am playing 
with curve creation right now to see if I can get improvments and 
then may try some other ink and paper combinations, but I find QTRgui 
to work well "out of the box"  

I am using a 1280 with UT2 inks.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon" 
<westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "zonepeter"
> <zonepeter@a...> wrote:
> > 
> > There is no difference that I know of.  The gui is just the 
graphic 

> > interface that makes QTR user friendly.  
> > Otherwise you would have to do it all in text editors.
> >  
> 
> If you're using QTRgui (are you?) what are you tweaking to make
> yourself happier with it?