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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Tiff format not supported

2012-10-04 by Roy Harrington

One of the likely TIFF issues is the compression.  Only the LZW compression
is supported -- not ZIP.  This is usually an option when you save a tiff.

Roy

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:11 AM, jimbo <mrjimbo@...> wrote:
> Mikes right.. also if it's off a scanner it might be LAB .... just convert to to RGB and your good to go.
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> jimbo
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Mike Finley
>   To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 6:31 AM
>   Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Tiff format not supported
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>   TIFF is really a family of file formats, rather than a single file
>   format, so its likely that your TIFFs contain something that QTR can't
>   handle. Firstly I think QTR needs RGB TIFFs (not CMY or CMYK), and
>   either 8 or 16 bits per channel. It may not like transparency or layers.
>   How are you creating your TIFFs, and with what options?
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>   On 04/10/2012 12:52, Bernard Wolf wrote:
>   >
>   > Hello - I am getting this message in the print dialog box of
>   > QuadToneRip - Tiff format not supported - I am, of course, using Tiff
>   > files.. so, what gives?
>   >
>   > Thanks - Bernard
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