QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi John, it's been awhile.  Hope all is well.

Yes, I gave up on IJC/OPM and even uninstalled it from my machine.  
Poor support from Bowhaus, small user community, infrequent updates 
(the 3800 still isn't supported), and a few irritating bugs and 
quirky problems.  Too bad, because I loved the interface for creating 
curves and a few other neat features.  I also like and respect Joe 
Berndt.  

QTR allows me the same degree of control over curve shapes using Plot 
lists, although the interface is entirely different.  I like my 
results with QTR better, especially using 2880 dpi, unidirectional 
printing, and the Ordered algorithm.  It's slow, but I love the 
prints.  QTR is also well supported, frequently updated and has a 
huge user base.  

Linearization always changes the the curve shapes, with both 
programs.  The less linear your raw curves are to begin with, the 
more linearization adjusts them, which is one reason I try to get a 
reasonably linear file to begin with.  I don't know if the two 
programs adjust the curves differently or not during linearization.  
It's been quite awhile since I used IJC, but I don't recall having a 
big problem with the linearization routine.  

Lou

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "John Vitollo" <jvlist@...> wrote:
> Hi Lou,
> 
> IJC (Ink Jet Control) uses curves....I noticed you not using 
IJC...any reason since you 
> are/were the IJC king?
> 
> I found using IJC curves a little problematic as IJC linearization 
would negate a lot of the 
> curve adjustment.
> 
> <http://www.bowhaus.com/news/ijcnews.php4>
> 
> Best,
> 
> John
>