QTR-Quadtone RIP

Yes, the profile created with QTR Create ICC can be used to soft proof your
image in Photoshop. It is also used to tie the PS workspace to the
linearized output, as you've described. This is done by converting your
image to the same profile, saving it and then printing using QTR. In CS2 you
choose Edit/Convert to Profile. You have to manually do the conversion. When
printing via the Epson driver your printing software will do this for you.

Hope this helps.

Terry.

wwodets wrote:
> 
> I have used (and greatly appreciated) profiles from QTR Create ICC in 
> conjunction with standard Epson drivers.  But I am unclear about the 
> role of profiles from QTR Create ICC when used in conjunction with 
> printing through the QTR RIP.  Does the curve creation and 
> linearization of the RIP somehow eliminate or supplant the need for a 
> profile?  If so, how is softproofing done in PS?  If the ICC 
> profile is 
> still used with the RIP, how is this done?  It seems to me 
> that the RIP 
> is simply creating a linearized output (at the printer) and 
> that an ICC 
> profile is still needed to characterize that output to eliminate the 
> significance of workspace in PS and provide a screen match to 
> print. Is 
> it enough to simply use the ICC profile (of the linearized 
> output) for 
> softproofing in PS and then print through the RIP without specifying 
> that profile?  I'm finding myself coming up short on the concept here.