QTR-Quadtone RIP

Duane,

I couldn't agree more. 

Having said that, I understand the need for an update of the user 
manual, especially on the workflow part. And hereby I offer my help 
to do so. I clearly don't feel competent enough to do that alone, so 
I'd rather share the burden with one or two others.

Any volunteers?

Joost


--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus" <dlruckus@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> While I'm sure it would be useful to nearly everyone beyond the
> experts in the field, it is worth considering how those experts got 
to
> be that way. They did not have such a glossary either.
> 
> It was mentioned in Joost's recent post that RIPs generally cost a
> good deal more than QTR does. He did not offer a comparison price 
but
> it should be mentioned that in many cases it runs from hundreds US$ 
to
> thousands. What you are asking is for someone to make it all "plug 
and
> play" for you. That sort of software has a history of coming with a
> perpetual price that continues on and on, as witness a popular
> operating system we all know of. I can't speak for Roy but I suspect
> that he needs, like most of us, to make a living, and it is Not from
> QTR that he does that. He simply made it available to us and 
continues
> to update and improve it. All for a one time measly little price 
that
> he likely doesn't even see from many who actually use his software.
> 
> The extra documentation that does exist has for the most part been
> donated by users of QTR. Spend some time becoming an expert yourself
> and help add to those efforts if you feel it to be so crucial.
> Understanding will never come without some effort :-)
> 
> Consider also that this group has been set up to help in the very
> areas you are requesting. Ask your questions and they will usually 
be
> answered by someone. Just be patient and understand that no one is
> getting rich from this. The truth is that you are getting a real 
deal.
> The catch is that you have to earn it.
> 
> Regards
> Duane
> 
> 
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "cmndcntrl" <cmndcntrl@> wrote:
> >
> > Looking over many inquiries written by posters, I'm inclined to
> think that I'm not the only one 
> > who feels that the QTR Manual is poorly written. For those of us 
who
> aren't and don't claim to 
> > be tech-centric, would be helped a bunch if someone, who 
understands
> the p's and q's of 
> > this "system", would kindly take the time to create a glossary of
> terms that would explain 
> > what it means when dragging and dropping files (.txt) and error
> messages pop up as such:
> > "Printer not defined" or "The Lab values are not in order. Cannot 
be
> linearized." If not, why 
> > not? And what does the user do to define the printer and put the 
Lab
> values in order? 
> > These are just a couple of examples in what I think are several 
gaps
> in information that 
> > would help many to make sense of the how's and why's of QTR.
> >
>