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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Announcing New QTR-Print-Tool Application for Mac OS X

2012-10-06 by Roy Harrington

You do have to reopen updated file.
Good idea for future update though.

Thanks,
Roy

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 8:33 AM, dpgoldenberg33 <dpgoldenberg33@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Roy,
>     Thanks for the clarification. I look forward to trying the program, once I get some printer problems resolved.
>
> I also have a minor operational question.  If I am working in PhotoShop, for instance, and printing with the QTR-Print-Tool, do I need to reopen the file in Print-Tool each time a change is saved from PhotoShop? Or will Print-Tool know to use the updated file?
>
> David
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> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
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>> Hi David,
>>
>> You are right -- color management was a major motivator for this new
>> program.  I tried unsuccessfully to work with Apple
>> and Adobe to get CM to work correctly again after new Photoshops and
>> new OS's.  Although they tried to work together and
>> came up with undocumented methods it only worked with RGB not
>> grayscale files and drivers.  I don't think either really
>> understood/accepted the other's point of view.
>>
>> So Print-Tool should work just like the old CS2 and CS3 and old OSX.
>> You've got the No Color Management and the
>> App controlled (i.e like Let Photoshop Determine Colors) way that uses
>> exactly one CM conversion.  The only difference
>> being that Photoshop uses Adobe's color engine but Print-Tool (and
>> OSX) all use Apple's ColorSync engine for the
>> conversions.  (the problems all arose not from which engine but the
>> fact that things were often double profiled).
>>
>> Old profiles should work just like they used too.
>>
>> Roy
>>
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