QTR-Quadtone RIP

Photoshop allows for easy cmyk separation




> On May 21, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Myron Gochnauer goch@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> QTR works well on Windows platforms, although the Mac and Win versions are not simple translations (trans-codings?) of each other.
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> QTR was designed for B&W, I believe.
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> I’m not sufficiently knowledgable about printing color-sep CMYK files to comment on that aspect.  I always start with 16-bit RGB files.
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> QTR is a great bargain. It actually does what it claims to do. It is stable, continuously being developed, very flexible, and used by many extremely knowledgable people.  The only real down side is that the learning curve can be very steep.  There are a number of tutorials freely available, but it can still be difficult if you need or want to go beyond the inks and papers that come “pre-installed”.  
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> Myron
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>> On May 21, 2015, at 9:38 AM, QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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>> I am sorry for not revealing more details:
>> I am newbie here. Looking for a RIP software for printing CMYK positive film to expose screens for printing on my new Epson 9900, I just happened to see Quadtone RIP, a $50 shareware.
>> Not familiar with it's usability for color-sep CMYK image files and print black positives on my Windows computer successfully.
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>> I read it is mainly for printing Black & White images. Is it for B&W alone?
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>> Also I read it is on MAC and it is no good on Windows platform.
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>> This prompted me to put my doubts at this group of experts on QTR.
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>> Kindly elaborate on my doubts.
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>> Thanks in advance.
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