QTR-Quadtone RIP

David,
thanks for your reply. I've already solved the problem, which turned 
out to be a rather silly mistake of my part: having not used the 
software for a few months, I forgot the part that you described as 
"Click on the Export to... button and input a file name. (This has to 
be done before any measurements are taken". I was trying to take the 
readings without first giving a name to the .txt that is created by 
the software in the "Data>Export" folder (I assumed that the software 
would store the readings and would then export them to a text file 
when a name was given to it). Once I realized this, everything worked 
ok, both with PrintFixPRO and Spyder3Print (which has an easier 
interface on the Measure module, with the dedicated QTR measuring functions).
As I said, absolutely my mistake. At least I've found that there's 
nothing wrong with the hardware/software :)
I should note, as an aside, that before I figured that out, I 
contacted Colorvision/Datacolor through their support web page and 
that David Miller, their Senior Software Developer, was most 
responsive in trying to clear things up.
Best,
Paulo

At 19:44 28/2/2008, you wrote:
>Paulo,
>I use the SpyderPrint3 and spectrometer to read the random step 
>wedges with the
>measure function and it works perfectly. It creates a text file that 
>when dropped on the
>linearization applet results in the expected output.
>
>The process I use is:
>open the software.
>Click on tools\calibrate
>click the spectrometer to calibrate.
>Click on Tools\Measure.
>Click on the Export to... button and input a file name. (This has to 
>be done before any
>measurements are taken.
>Click OK
>Click on the "Include Line Numbers box
>Click on the Lab radio button
>Do measurements left to right top to bottom for the 21 X 4 random step wedge.
>
>Click on Done.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Regards,
>David


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