QTR-Quadtone RIP

On 11/23/2013 11:42 PM, Mike Finley wrote:

> Could you use the monitored folder option in qtrgui and output the print
> image to a file in that folder? (Helpful if you're printing a batch with
> the same paper and curve etc. qtrgui settings.)


In the early days when QTR and the QTRgui for Windows were developed 
(and I already had a custom Epson 9000 Quad 44" printer) I asked whether 
a hot folder in QTRgui would be possible. So that folder became 
available. I used it with a large printpage in QTRgui and a slightly 
smaller (sans QTR's print margins) print page in Qimage Pro. That way I 
could nest several images of different sizes on the print page and use 
the QTR RGB profiles in Qimage's CM. The last had its issues too though. 
Print to File setting in Qimage with printer path settings enabled, so 
much of Qimage's print enhancement features worked. It was not the 
easiest route but the quality was there and economy in using paper rolls 
not lost.

No longer Epsons here but HP Z printers with their own B&W approach that 
I can combine very well with Qimage Ultimate. Never regretted the 
purchase of QTR and still using the B&W profile creation of QTR.

 From time to time I did suggest here that QTR should be available as a 
true Windows driver with QTR's flexibility still aboard. For some to use 
it with Lightroom, for others with Qimage Ultimate.


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