QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thanks Roy--

Adding the "-K6" solved the problem with the missing PPD.

When I printed the stepwedge originally, I used the included HahnePhotoRag curve. Should 
I have used the "K6-Raw" curve to print the stepwedge instead?

Thanks,

Chuck

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington" <roy@...> wrote:
>
> The printer would be Quad7500-K6 not just Quad7500.  You can just drag the
> whole 7500-K6 folder from the download to your disk and then use this folder
> and Install7500-K6.  This script "knows" the printer name by virtue of the
> script name.
> 
> Make sure you print the stepwedge with a profile without a LINEARIZE line.
> Then the measured linearize values are added to the profile.  Note the "Raw"
> profiles in the folder -- you can use these are starting points.
> 
> Roy
> 
> On 9/23/07, Chuck Behrman <chuck@...> wrote:
> > I am attempting to create some profiles for unlisted papers for the Epson 7500
> > K6 printer
> > with an Eye-1 spectrophotometer (Mac OS 10.4.10). All QTR related applications
> > are in a
> > folder in the Applications folder.
> >
> > I have successfully created the text output files for the scans.
> >
> > I am ready to paste the linearization info from the text output file into the
> > ink description
> > file.
> >
> > I used the "K6-HahnePhotoRag" profile (the one I used to print the original 21
> > step chart).
> >
> > The first message I got was: printer not defined.
> >
> > I added the line: PRINTER=Quad7500 and change the GRAPH_CURVE=YES since the
> > printer
> > name was not defined.
> >
> > I get the message: Could not find PPD file for Quad7500.
> >
> > Where do I go from here?
> >
> > Am I even using the correct files?
> >
> > If not, how does one create an Ink Description File?
> >
> >
>