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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Trying Quadtone RIP: troubleshooting why no image appears

2007-03-12 by Roy Harrington

I think the "all black" is caused by a TIF compression mode that is not 
supported.
When you Save the TIFF file use only the LZW compression not the ZIP or 
Jpeg compression.

Roy


On Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 11:37  AM, snsokstan wrote:

> I tried Quadtone RIP in the past but didn't continuing using it. I
> just installed 2.5.0.1 and tried printing from Photoshop CS3 to an
> Epson 2200. My system is a Pentium 4, WinXP.
>
> I was printing this morning direct to Epson, and was getting that
> typical bluish-green cast, so I decided to give QTR another try.
>
> Quadtone prints, but no image shows up.
>
> I tried a file I had just printed direct to Epson. It's a 16 bit TIFF
> with color removed but still RGB.  My print is a very neutral gray,
> but there is no image. It just looks like one huge bar code--just
> vertical gray stripes.
>
> I tried the same file as 8 bit, grayscale, and used a different curve.
> All I got was a complete, solid black.
>
> In the QTRgui window, the image shows up normally in the little
> preview window.
>
> I didn't find a mention of this in the older messages in this group,
> or in the troubleshooting area of the help files.
>
> Stan Schwartz
> www.tallgrassimages.com
>
>
-
Roy Harrington
roy@...
Black & White Photo Gallery
http://www.harrington.com

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