QTR-Quadtone RIP

Roy,

Thanks for the quick response.

If one has a reasonably good flat bed scanner, is there any 
significant advantage to using a spectrophotometer (ie, spending the 
money to get one) over Paul Roark's flatbed scanner method?

By the way, this weekend I finally had a chance to experiment with 
QTR.  I downloaded the Migrant Mother and Mississippi General Store 
circa 1936 images from the Library of Congress and printed them on 
EEM using the 1280 and UT2 inkset.  I used a 50/50 mix of neutral 
and carbon settings.  The results are absolutely amazing!  It's the 
best $50.00 I've spent on software in a long time.

Bob Marsolais
  
--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
>
> The Display version is not sufficient.  All the other Eye-One 
packages 
> are OK
> and in fact are the same -- its just the software that is 
different 
> which you
> won't use for QTR anyway.
> 
> I don't know the Sequel product.  You just need to be able to read 
> patches
> on paper and get either density or Lab readings.  The Eye-One is 
> probably
> the best integrated though.
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
> On Monday, March 20, 2006, at 06:32  PM, Bob Marsolais wrote:
> 
> > It looks like GretagMacBeth has at least three different
> > colorimeters/spectrophotometers.  They have an "Eye-One 
colorimeter"
> > that comes with the "Display 2" package (about $250) and
> > the "accelerated Eye-One Pro spectrophotometer" that comes with
> > the "Design" package, about $1000.  Then there is the "Eye-One 
Pro
> > with UV cutoff filter.  The Eye-One Pro (without UV filter) 
cannot be
> > upgraded to a Eye-One Pro with UV filter.
> >
> > Which of these three instruments does the ICC profile generator 
work
> > with?  Can instruments from other manufacturers be used with 
QTR's
> > profile software?  Specifically, can the Sequel 4CL be used with 
QTR?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> -
> Roy Harrington
> roy@...
> Black & White Photo Gallery
> http://www.harrington.com
>