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QTR Newbie Assistance

2014-03-15 by <homershannon@...>

Hello. I'm new to the QTR and trying to get to square one. A little background... I am experienced with printing in black and white and know Paul Roark's procedures for printing UT14 and carbon 6 inks with an Epson 1400, but I have been doing this out of Photoshop using custom .ACVs, and ICCs generated using the QTR create ICC tools. However, I have never used QTR to actually print from.

I've read Tom Moore's instructions but I seem to get lost before I get off the ground. I tried printing a few step scales but the results looked bad and I've not figured out the curve creator yet. Can someone point me in the right direction relative to a few basic setup questions, please?

In the printer model section there are options for Quad 1400, Quad 1400 K6 and Quad 1400 MIS. Quad 1400 MIS was my guess but it did not work well. What is the correct selection for the UT14 ink set?

In the curve creation tool I see the same selections as in the print screen. In Tom Moore's instructions, he recommends starting your process by using an existing file as a starting point. I don't see anywhere in the panel where there is an option to select a profile, only the printer model. What have I missed here?

I looked in QTRs folders and the see the folders with .quad and .qdif files in them, even for the 1400 but not necessarily the 1400-UT14. How do you go about selecting these?

Help is appreciated. Homer Shannon






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