QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thanks, Diane, I'm really struggling with the understanding of this 
QTR stuff and you've been very helpful by answering many of my 
questions on this forum. 
I'm familar of the metamerism problem caused by the different 
lighting, but what about 'bronzing' when printing b&w on gloss paper?
Is this effect eliminated using the QTR?

I'm still not clear on the 'step wedges', 'blends' and 'curves', etc.
Do you know where I can find a simplified tutorial that explains how 
to use this software? I know Roy Harrington talks about it on his 
QTR site but I'm finding it a little too technical.

Looking forward to hearng back from you.

Steve




--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Diane Fields" <picnic@c...> 
wrote:
> Steve, the BIG advantage of using QTR over PS is the lack of 
metamerism in monotones.  I've printed b/w or monotones for years 
with first a 1280 and then my 2200.  I print from either PS or 
Qimage.  I have been unhappy with metamerism from day one, however 
the 'alternatives' were pretty expensive (RIPs) or I just hadn't 
made the decision to go with a dedicated printer yet.  When I bought 
my 2200 several years ago I had strongly considered that path, but 
had procrastinated 'dealing with' monotones by using duotones which 
helped a bit (not really--they just visually diverted you a bit with 
toning).  I've subscriebed to the Digital b/w print maillist off and 
on for a good while, and when I resubbed in late Winter I discovered 
that there was a reasonably priced RIP available for Windows.  I 
demoed it for several weeks and was sold on it.


> 
> So--that's my story LOL.  QTR prints aren't subject to metamerism--
my reason for printing with it.  I do all my postprocessing in PS 
first, then bring a finished file to QTR, select my blend for the 
paper I'm using and get excellent prints.  In the past I was using 
Epson Velvet primarily for my matte prints, some Hahnemuhle 
Photorag.  I've just done a series of step wedges on 11 different 
papers and have a good reference point for other papers also.  I use 
Epson Premium Semigloss for my non-matte prints.
> 
> Diane
> -----------
> Diane B. Fields
> picnic@c...
> photo site  http://www.pbase.com/picnic
> 
>   Are there distinct advantages of using the QTR? I'd like to hear 
your 
>   opinions. Thanks!
> 
>   Steve