QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "fwaterlander" <frans2001@...> 
wrote:
>
> 
> As a "last resort" I browsed through the QuadToneRIP directory on my 
> harddrive and discovered, in the icc subdirectory, a readme file with 
> instructions to Convert to Profile using either Gray Matte Paper or 
> Gray Photo Paper. To the best of my knowledge this information is not 
> included in the QTRgui help or User guide. After conversion I get the 
> excellent monitor-to-print match that I was hoping for and I will NOT 
> have to tweak my images!

Now I must confess I'm completely lost :-(

This is what I did when I started off with QTR 9 monts ago (as 
mentioned above), but without good results. The difference between 
print and screen only increased. I also don't understand why this 
should be needed, since the whole idea of profiling in QTR (as I 
understand it) is to linearize your whole system against the LAB space.

Furthermore, Tom explained in this thread a much different use of these 
very same profiles, i.e. softproofing. I thought I understood that (teh 
softproof compensates for the fact that paper cannot show the whole 0-
100 lab scale). 

Perhaps its my scientific training of years ago, but I just can't bear 
I that apparently still don't understand this... Can someone more 
knowledgeable than I bring some (white) light in my (black) darkness??

Joost