QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thanks, Michael. I might be putting down too much ink; I'll try
adjusting that. What would your recommendation be for how, using the
Epson ABW driver on a 3800?

If I want to try your Excel trick, so I can see what is out of order
without relying on create-icc.exe, (I am very ignorant when it comes
to Excel): how do I get the values into Excel and which field in the
.txt file is the expected reading?

Also interestingly, when I look at the .txt files from a strip mode
reading of the original .tif file and a patch mode reading of the same
file stretched huge so each patch is about 1" on a side, the values
are noticeably different. Photoshop reports the same RGB values in
both, and they are printed on the same piece of paper using the same
ABW settings, so do I deduce that MeasureTool can't handle the tiny
squares in strip mode? 

Warmly appreciative of your help,

  - susan

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Michael King" <drmrking@...> wrote:
>
> Actually on reflection I don't think you need to sort them.
> I do that because I like to view a graph of the results before I give
> it to QTR-Create-ICC.
> 
> I presume your out of order values are in the dark blacks?
> If so then your problem is simply that you are putting down too much
ink.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 2008/10/10 Michael King <drmrking@...>:
> > So measure tool reports the readings in the "random" order of the
> > print out and you need to sort the results before you give them to
> > QTR-Create-ICC. I do this in Excel. Don't sort by the actual Lab
> > reading, sort by the expected value. That way if you really do have
> > some out of order readings, QTR-Create-ICC  will warn you.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > 2008/10/10 slcphoto73 <slchapin@...>:
> >> I have just printed Step-51-random.tif, run MeasureTool and measured
> >> the three strips as strip-without-gaps. When I put the saved .txt
file
> >> into QTR-Create-ICC it tells me the Lab values are not in order
and it
> >> can't make the profile. And yes, I observe some Lab values out of
> >> order in the "out" text file.
> >>
> >> I have repeated the measurement multiple times. I tried measuring as
> >> patches but I couldn't properly center the spectrophotometer on the
> >> patches, so it had the same problem only worse.
> >>
> >> What might be wrong and how do I correct it?
> >>
> >> I am running QTR v. 2.6.1.0, with CreateICC dated 9/18/2007.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> - susan
> >>
> >> 
> >
>