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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Invalid curve produces very dark output

2016-11-09 by Walker Blackwell

QTR on Mac actually does ignore the last two if not delineated above on first line (although QTR curve viewer does not).

Permissions issues and wrongly encoded .quads will also make this happen. This can be related to people's various versions of excel and encoding preferences, file name length, default permissions, etc. basically a support can of worms. Don't say I didn't warn anyone.

Best,
Walker

On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, brian_downunda@yahoo.com [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Since it was I who encouraged Jeff off-forum to ask his question, I feel I should add something. I took a look at the .quad file in question and was puzzled why QTR behaved the way it did. The header line in the .quad lists the eight inks in the correct order, and I'd have thought that QTR should either refuse to print with an invalid curve, or ignore the surplus two ink positions, since the header line only lists eight. It's not a major issue once you realise the source of the problem, but it struck Jeff and I as odd behaviour by QTR.

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