QTR-Quadtone RIP

Tom

At the moment only the L* value is used so density is a perfectly good
substitute.  At some point I may use the a and b for softproofing but
for the basic print profile you're fine. 

Roy

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Moore" <r.t.moore@r...> wrote:
> Roy
> 
> Is it fair to assume that, for now, only the L* coordinate (or density) is
> relevant and therefore, if one already has a densitometer, considering
> purchase of a spectrophotometer is unnecessary?
> 
> Also, I have an Excel spreadsheet that works with Toolcrib and converts
> density to L* and have used that to create my own ICC profiles using Roy's
> ICC utility and text files. If anyone wants a copy, let me know.
> 
> Tom Moore
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] 
On
> > Behalf Of Roy Harrington
> > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 1:13 PM
> > To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Piezography
> ...
> > 
> > At the moment only the Eye-One is supported using MeasureTool for reading.
> > If you download 2.3 there's an EyeOne folder that has the info.  The
> > likely
> > other formats for the future are for X-rite devices using ToolCrib.  The
> > data files are simple text files so it will also be possible to just
> > format your
> > data by hand.  The current system uses the Lab (L*) values but density
> > will
> > also be supported.
> ...