QTR-Quadtone RIP

With QTR-RGB Matte, you're soft proofing with a "canned" icc profile that
won't precisely match your paper. That means that you will have to pick
options (simulate paper white and/or ink black) that give you the best
result.

When, using a profile created specifically for an ink/paper/printer
combination, I find using simulate paper white (and ink black) gives me the
most realistic simulation. In my case, since I don't have a spectro, my
curves just give me the most accurate picture of the tonal compression.

Tom Moore

> -----Original Message-----
> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of John Wood
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:12 AM
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Confusion regarding Profiles and QTR
> 
> Thanks to both Toms (Moore and Husband).  Apart from the fact that I
> understand what is going on slightly more, I have use advice from
> both to fine tune my workflow.  I now convert to RGB-LAB in CS2 when
> working on the original image (just after conversion to B&W) and
> soft proof using QTR-RGB Matte.  My final output file in Qimage is
> saved with profile QTR-RGB Matte and the final print matches much
> closer what I see on screen than previously!
> 
> Another quesion this time re soft proofing.  Should one normally use
> the "Simulate Black Ink" option?  In my case I find the final print
> output is somewhere between the two (i.e. simulate on or simulate
> off) in terms of density of blacks.
> 
> Thanks again,