QTR-Quadtone RIP

On 16/12/2007, ferdinand_paris <ferdinand_paris@...> wrote:
>
>   --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com <QuadtoneRIP%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Michael King" <drmrking@...> wrote:
> > > Qu1: I have had real trouble getting the MeasureTool to read the
> > > Step-21x4-random.tif in strip mode. First time round I kept getting
> > > too many errors. Second time (with the tif file printed with the
> > > linearised curves) I had some success, but there were some rows where
> > > I kept being told that the software could not recognise the boundary
> > > strips. Does this sort of thing happen a lot? Are there any tips of
> > > avoiding it? I tried just about everything.
> >
> > You have to be careful to start and stop after the strip. I marked
> up my i1
> > ruler to show where I need to start and stop.
> > after that reading was much more reliable. Also run the i1 smoothly
> and not
> > too fast across the strip.
>
> I assume that you mean start just before the strip and finish just
> after. In your experience, is it sensitive to how far before and
> after? I thought I tried all these variations, but will try again.
>

I found it hard to judge where the start and end were without the marks. I
think you have to be at least a square width before and after.

   I assume also that it's sensitive to smoothness, but how sensitive is
> it to speed?
>

quite sensitive to going too fast.

   > Qu2: I realise that you can convert the L values to density, but is
> > > there any easy way to get the MeasureTool with the i1 to give density
> > > readouts? I'd like to be able to measure dMax directly, and some
> > > posts that I've read here imply that you can using the MeasureTool and
> > > the i1.
> >
> > Yes use spot measurement and select densitometric.
>
> I don't seem to have that option. Is that because it is not longer
> enabled in the demo (5.0.8), or because I only installed the
> MeasureTool, and should have also installed some other components of PM5?
>

Its greyed out in the demo mode.

 Mike

   Ferdinand
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