Yahoo Groups archive

QTR-Quadtone RIP

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 23:12 UTC

Message

Re: Help with 4900

2016-05-24 by parkersmithphoto@...

Roy,

I thought the "Gray Values" was used to plug in the percentage or overlap point with the next darkest ink, that is, "LLK at 100% is as dark as LK at 35%." Is that not correct? I printed the QTR CALIBRATION page with the limit at 65% and these were the numbers I got when read with a Spyder in density mode.

The ink set is Eboni, diluted according to Paul's specs with his clear base formula to make 100% (K), 30% (GREEN), 18% (LK) and 6% (LLK) dilutions. This is an older 4900 that has a bad VLM channel, so I am running the four blacks and filling the rest of the carts with clear base.

Here is the gray partition again.

N_OF_GRAY_PARTS=4
GRAY_INK_1=K
GRAY_VAL_1=100

GRAY_INK_2=GR
GRAY_VAL_2=40

GRAY_INK_3=LK
GRAY_VAL_3=75

GRAY_INK_4=LLK
GRAY_VAL_4=35

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.