QTR-Quadtone RIP

Tom and Roy,

thank you both so much for helping me nail this down. This animal 
just gets better and better,

Jamie

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" wrote:

> Create-ICC and Linearize-Data formats:
> 
> Columnar data.
> X,Y,Z are not used at all.
> A and B are optional -- assumes 0 if not given.
> Either L or D is necessary (any of the column headings).
> Gray is used if there, otherwise even values are generated.
> Values are sorted by Gray if its there (this allows checking for 
> in order) otherwise just sort by L or D.
> 
> If there are no headings, intelligent guesses are made -- look at 
> the popup page to see if you are getting what you expect.  If not 
> add headings manually.
> 
> Lastly you can put a single line with just L or D values -- like 
> the linearize string.
> 
> As you can see there are a lot of possibilites, I think it should 
> handle most text data file formats.   
> 
> Roy
> 
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Moore" wrote:

> > Jamie
> > The X Y Z values are not needed. To quote Roy's announcement of 
> > the release of the latest QTR, all you need are:
> > 
> > ----------------
> > Updates for QTR-Create-ICC tool:
> > 
> > It now supports color softproofing -- works but highlights are 
> > slighty too saturated fixes are in progress.
> > Supports a more general data input file.  Anything columnar, 
> > looks for column headings of:
> > GRAY, L, LAB, LAB_L, A, LAB_A, B, LAB_B, D, DENSITY, V, VISUAL
> > ----------------
> > 
> > I would be surprised if you needed anything different for
> > QTR-Linearize-data.
> > 
> > Tom Moore
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Jamie Creed
> > > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 7:44 PM
> > > Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Using X-Rite Pulse with QTR-Create-ICC
> > > 
> > > has anybody established a work around to use an X-Rite Pulse 
> > > with QTR-Create-ICC? I'm trying but am not quite sure how     
> > > close I am.
> > > 
> > > Question:
> > > looking at Tom Moore's excellent CurveEval1 Excel spreadsheet 
> > > (the MeasureFile Template,) I was wondering if it is          
> > > absolutely essential
> > > to enter the X Y Z values. The Lab values I can get into the
> > > template automatically with the Pulse and ColorShop X, but the 
> > > X Y Z values I need to enter manually 1 by 1 (which is pretty
> > > unrealistic.) The reason I'm asking if the X Y Z values are
> > > necessary is because when the initail text file is dropped 
> > > onto the QTR-Linearize-Data the resulting text file only      
> > > shows - step (0-100) Lab a b values, plus of course the       
> > > graphical representation and the Linearize data, so I got to  
> > > wondering if the X Y Z values are just something that the Eye-
> > > One generates when setup and configured with GMB MeasureTool, 
> > > which is subsequently filtered out when the initail
> > > text file is dropped on the QTR-Linearize-Data program/droplet.
> > > 
> > > If I'm way off the mark, please tell me, when you've stopped 
> > > laughing
> > > 
> > > Jamie