QTR-Quadtone RIP

Alan I would like to be considered as member of your club, while at the same time being very grateful to all the contributors of their time in the past.

David Pal

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: handyman856 
  To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 4:44 AM
  Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] The Missing Manual


  I've been lusting to do super fine art BW printing with a dedicated BW
  printer (1400) and black inkset and all roads have lead to QTR. Lots
  of good info available, but there DOES seem to be some info for
  newbies missing:

  All docs I've read (many by the very generous and very helpful Mr.
  Roark), seem to come from a view that one pretty much knows what they
  are doing, but needs a bit of extra help. There is a lot of jargon
  talk like:

  "...by avoiding the middle dilution (warmest) inks (LC and M),
  I've been able to hold Lab B on Premier Art Smooth BW to about 1 in
  the midtones..."

  All very interesting, but how in the world does one learn WHEN there
  the need to "... hold LAB B to about 1..."? :-)

  What I'm trying to ask - is there any info on learning =how= to
  evaluate a print and then make adjustments in QTR, or that a new
  profile is needed?

  While not a total dunce, I AM new to QTR and this form of control. I
  have lots of docs about profiling and getting
  started. I've been further confused by the claims of some ink
  suppliers that the curves they supply make a plug and play solution -
  but IF you need a custom profile, they are available at a reasonable
  price.

  Hmm.... So how would I know that the print I've just ran off, dried
  properly and looks stunning to my untrained eye, is NOT the optimum it
  could and that I do need that custom profile or need to tweek things
  via QTR? Are there any docs anywhere that will help me learn how to
  "read a print" and decide that further work is needed... or not. Is
  this the bailiwick of on-site printing classes? Maybe.

  The web is so rife with how-to info on using and defining the tools of
  Photoshop and QTR and such, but I've not found much on how to decide
  when a particular tool (like adjusting a level
  in QTR, or reworking in PS) is in order.

  Any ideas or links? Or did I just miss something in the existing docs?

  =Alan R.



   

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