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Re: Neutral Prints With QTR and 7890

2018-05-16 by brian_downunda@...

I assume you're on Mac whereas I'm mostly on Win and only occasionally use a Mac. On Win I'd simply copy the 3880 quad files to the same folder as the 7890 quads. My recollection is that on a Mac you do the same and then run the 7890 install command.

Since these curves are from Roy I assume they come with qidf files (txt files on a Mac), and you could / may need to copy those instead and then run the install command. Perhaps a Mac user could confirm these comments. I still only have a tablet with me so can't check.

A clarification of my comment on the P800 issue. When that printer was released and before it was supported by QTR, people were trying to port the 3880 curves to it. My recollection is that they weren't very successful. Then when the P800 was supported there was no cool curve and again not much luck in porting the 3880 one. IIRC Roy create one in response to requests. I did once compare the structure of equivalent P800 and 3880 curves and my recollection is that they were more different than I expected them to be.

Hence my caution about going in the opposite direction and using the P800 curves and inks in a 7890. But I readily admit that this is probably out of my depth and are just reactions based on what I've read. Smarter people than I may have a different view. BoL.

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