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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: New to Linearize Piezo K7 inks with Eye One 2 X-Rite software

2014-11-11 by sanking@...

Roy's suggestion to "create a custom grayscale ICC built on top of the existing Cone .quad file" makes a lot of sense to me. Back engineering the Cone .quad profiles looks like an activity that would burn up a log of time.

Speaking as someone who has been there, if you make a mistake and mix the Cone shades incorrectly for any reason, and assuming you have a lot of ink, it might make more sense to just bit the bullet and create your own QTR profiles for the K7 ink set, especially if you already have equipment to linearize such as an iOne or Spyder Pirnt. It is basically a rather routine procedure that involves just adjusting the ink levels and then linearizing the profile. Frankly it is a lot easier to do than read about, you just have to start the process and eventually you will get there. I was reluctant to do this myself for a long time but once I got involved in the process I found that I could make my own profiles with the regular QTR tools that for all practical purposes match output quality from the supplied K7 .quad files.

Sandy

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