QTR-Quadtone RIP

On 11/11/2013 12:58 PM, Mike Finley wrote:
> What's the 'QTR print driver' - I seem to have missed that one?
>


The thread started with a need for an application that can print 
unassigned profiling targets without any color management getting 
involved. Usable for that purpose is QTR Print Tool written by Roy but 
it is Mac only (where it is most urgent too). That has nothing to do 
with the Quadtone Rip. A better name referring to Mac and profile target 
printing could do wonders to reduce confusion.

For Windows there are many alternatives for that job as long as you do 
not use an Adobe program. Qimage (Ultimate) is one of them. Picture 
Window Pro can do it too I guess.

Quadtone Rip can not be used at all for color printing including target 
printing in color for color profiles.

The real problem started when Apple decided that a foolproof use of ICC 
profiles was needed. For that they made it impossible to print 
unassigned targets through the print path of OS-X and forced Adobe + 
Epson to cope with that. Which Adobe addressed by making it impossible 
as well in its programs for both Mac and Windows ?-)  With the promise 
that there would be a separate program coming that would aim at 
unassigned target printing only. Took months to appear and had the 
unforgivable flaw that it scaled the target at its own will.

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