QTR-Quadtone RIP

> 
> 1) Is the 'custom curves' application really necessary for optimal 
> results with the QTR? It seems that just about everybody on this
> forum has adopted the practice so there must be something to it.


Depends on what you mean by "optimal." Is your goal a fine photo print
or densitometry data?

This site is driven mostly by the fine folks who resonate to the
digital/jargon side and make all this possible...not Dummies. 

Xerox Parc addressed the Dummies issue for Apple and Microsoft and the
rest of us... :-) 

> 
> 2) Does anyone know where I can find a more simplistic tutorial on 
> this topic....a Creating Custom Curves for Dummies explanation?

PLEASE! YES!