QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. DeRocco" 
<pderocco@i...> wrote:
> > From: Mr_Misty_44
> >
> > I'm sure that this question has been asked many times. Which EYE-
-ONE
> > package is used to make profiles using the Ultracrome (or K3) 
inks
> > for the 2200,etc. series and the 2400, etc. series printers. The
> > Entry Level or the Photo or.... I obviously can't use my Xrite
> > Densitometer for this.
> 
> Are you looking to make color profiles? The Eye-One 
spectrophotometer is an
> excellent piece of hardware, so the Eye-One Photo package is 
probably the
> one you want. I have an older version, which did a pretty good job 
for me,
> but didn't have any profile editing capability. However, I see 
that the
> current version does.
> 
> If you're interested primarily in B&W (this being the QTR list), 
it would
> seem to me that a $1400 spectrophotometer is overkill. A 
densitometer is
> enough for linearizing B&W curves, and any inexpensive single-shot
> colorimeter like an old ColorMouse ought to be enough for 
measuring the
> toning, since QTR includes its own curve-building software.
> 
> --
> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@i...


Paul,

I guess that is what I'm trying to find out before I put down a 
bunch more money. I assumed that since I'm working with colors in 
the Ultracrome ink to get to various tones of cold or warm that I 
would need a spectrophotometer. I would not think that it would be 
quite as necessary with the 2400 but with the 2200 on up I's think 
it would be. In looking at the premade curves I can see that there 
is a mixture of color, not just cyan, for the cold tone prints and 
others for the Sepia. How do I arrive at the mixture and not get the 
problems inherant in the Epson driver profiles; the very reason we 
are using QTR or IJC with the Ultracrome inks?