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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] quad profiles aren't showing in photoshop cs6

2017-03-17 by brian_downunda@...

There was a discussion here a while back about word 'profile', in which I expressed the view that greater precision in usage is needed to avoid confusing people coming from colour printing. I term the quad files that Paul mentions as 'curves', and the qidf files (txt files on a Mac) as ink descriptor files that you 'compile' to create a curve (quad). If you put either of these files in C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color then you definitely won't see anything because as Paul said they're not ICC / ICM colour profiles; The quad files are more like printer configuration files for QTR, that describe how much ink to lay down on the page for a given paper / printer / ink combination.

It is possible to create ICC / ICM profiles for soft-proofing. QTR comes with the tools to do that. There are some profiles available online. QTR ships with some generic ones in C:\Program Files (x86)\QuadToneRIP\icc , I think that there are some in the files section of this group, and IJM supply some for their Piezography inks, but the best ones will be ones you make yourself, if you have the equipment to do so.


---In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, <roark.paul@...> wrote :

I'm not sure this is responsive, but for profiles I make (qidf files) for a 9800 and my EbVT inkset, I save them here:

C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\QuadToneRIP\Profiles\9800-EbVT

The quad files are then generated by QTR and saved here:

C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\QuadToneRIP\QuadTone\Quad9800

I use Win 7.

QTR profiles are not like the normal color profiles for the Epson driver workflow.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:13 PM, boyhowdy54@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I am using windows 7 with photoshop cs6. I have sucessfully installed the quad profiles in my windows color folder but they don't show up when I want to soft proof an image in photoshop What to do?


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