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Re: .quad vs .qdif

2008-10-27 by Jeff Randall

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "tim_gray" <timgray@...> wrote:
>
> What's the difference between the files in the Profile directory vs 
> files in the Quad directory? 

Both are text files that can be opened, viewed, and edited in any text 
editor.  A qidf file is essentially a summary of the QTR settings you 
input using the Windows graphical user interface and a graphical 
representation of the resulting overlapping ink seperations.  It is 
used by QTR to generate the inking files that control the printer.  
The quad file isessentially a table of how much ink is to be layed 
down from each ink source you specified in the qidf file for each 
grayscale value given all the data you entered in the qidf file.

Hope this helps.

Jeff

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