QTR-Quadtone RIP

Pam,

"Confusion" seems to be a regular thing where Quadtone RIP is concerned.

If I understand correctly, what's being asked is that you convert the
embedded color profile of the image you are working on, prior to sending
it to the printer. This, by my understanding, does NOT refer to the
"printer profile" but rather to the profile embedded in the actual image
file you have open in Photoshop.

To do this, you need to:

1) Click on the EDIT menu
2) Choose "Convert To Profile"
3) In the dialogue box that opens, you should see the "Source Space"
which reflects the current color space of the image. Below it you'll see
"Destination Space". Click on the drop down list and scroll alllllllllll
the way down until you get to "QTR Gray Matte Paper".  Make sure you
save a copy of the image as something else as this conversion will
flatten your image.


As for the overall print quality of your images, that has to do with
profiling the printer (not the source image, as we just did). I'm a
newbie too btw. I hope this helps or at least saves you some
frustration. All of the information above reflects nothing more then my
own sense, having read & played around with the options/settings
described.

IF I AM WRONG ABOUT ANYTHING I'VE SAID - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CORRECT
ME!

I don't want to send someone on a wild goose chase.


--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "pzdaum" <pzdaum@...> wrote:
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> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Joost Horsten" j.h.j.h@ wrote:
> >
> > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "pzdaum" <pzdaum@> wrote:
> >
> > > I uninstalled & reinstalled; still not an option. What do I do?
> >
> > What exactly have you installed? If I remember correctly, You must
> > install the QTR profiles manually as they are not installed
> > automatically with QTR.
> >
> > Joost
> >
> Hi Joost,
>
> This info I copied directly from the Quad Tone website:
> "Beyond just the printing capability Quad Tone Rip also includes
> several tools that allow the user to create a complete color-managed
> system for black & white printing. This includes making full B&W ICC
> profiles for both printing and soft-proofing within Photoshop or any
> other editing package that allows soft-proofing.
> This software is included in the main QuadToneRIP download. The B&W
> ICC profile tool is called QTR-Create-ICC and is found under the
> Eye-One Folder. There is also an RGB version this tool."
> From an article by David Brooks I've gotten this info:
> "The QTR QuadR1800 printer driver is linear & expects a grayscale B&W
> photo file to also be linear, without an embedded grayscale profile
> which has a curve. All of the std Adobe Photoshop grayscale workspace
> profiles like Gray Gamma 2.2 have a non-lineal curve which will
> influence internal contrast, particularly affecting shadow detail in
> any resulting prints made with QTR. To obtain match on-screen adjusted
> image attributes, you must use the Photoshop Edit command Convert to
> Profile and select the Destination Space: QTR-Gray Matte Paper (which
> should be available in the profile drop down list as it is installed
> as part of QTR)".
> I'm a rookie at this, so please bear with me; I'm just going by what's
> given to me…none of the above downloaded w/ QTR & my prints
reflect
> it. They're awful! Any help & advice is greatly appreciated. I'm so
> confused I feel like going back to B&W film & setting my darkroom back
up.
> Best regards,
> Pam
>