QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thanks John, that would certainly make sense. I don't feel entirely 
stupid though, as if you follow the directions in the pdf closely 
they do not say anything about printing the file. At the stage I am 
at they very much give the impression of being in ProfileMaker only, 
and the dialog boxes etc. they refer to are all coming up in 
ProfileMaker. Later on the instructions do talk about printing a 
target so I assumed the lack of any such mention in the first part of 
the instructions meant we were supposed to be working off the monitor.

So am I meant to actually open the relevant tiff in Photoshop first 
and then print using QTR? If so, what am I meant to do with it in PS? 
Why not simply select the relevant file and print directly from QTR?

Sorry for the basic questions and if there's a walk through on the 
net somewhere I'd be happy to get pointed there. I've searched the 
yahoo group archives here but words like 'profile' 'i1' and 'eyeone' 
bring up lots of individual posts but little in terms of a clear step 
by step procedure. The pdf with the QTR installation seems pretty 
clear but as my own experience shows it's easy to go astray.

Thanks again for your direction John and thanks also if you wouldn't 
mind keeping me moving in the right direction by clarifying the 
questions I raise above,

Dave Meddings 

 
> Dave,
> 
> You need to PRINT the QTR-21-random test chart. Then read with the 
Eye One.
> 
> Don't know if you are on Windows or Mac. Mac has text paper 
profiles that are easy to 
> edit.
> 
> To re-linearize delete the complete line like this in the original 
paper profile: 
> LINEARIZE="0.029 0.077 0.141 0.217 0.299 0.379 0.469 0.554 0.643 
0.732 0.816 0.891 
> 0.969 1.048 1.133 1.219 1.308 1.390 1.469 1.569 1.664 "
> 
> Turn off all color management in Photoshop and print test chart 
using QTR. Let dry for a 
> few hours or use a hair drier for a few minutes and read with Eye-
One. Copy and past new 
> linearization output from Eye-One/QTR script into paper profile.
>