QTR-Quadtone RIP

> I tried it and it ran.  Question:  where does it place the xxx.quad files???  

Mac HD/Library/Printers/QTR/Quadtone/Your Printer (Quadxxxx)  There you will find the name of your txt file but with a .quad extension.  Double clicking that 
file will open up a graphical version of the curves in QTR-CurveView--very helpful when visualizing curve adjustments.  

.  It looks like it got installed correctly though since it is showing up 
> under the "Curves" dialog box in QTR.  I remember doing this when I installed some other 
> curves I had downloaded, but I thought the intermediate process before linearization was 
> different when creating curves.

It sounds as if you do have 2.6.2 installed.  If you save the new linearized file with the same name as the original it will overwrite the text file.  I personally label 
the Linerarized file as well as all iterations of the curve until I am completely done with the curve, then go back and erase all the old versions.


> Thanks so much for your help, it is kind of confusing when all of the instructions tell you 
> one thing and you're supposed to do another.

One of the problems with the archiving capabilities of the web is nothing gets deleted.

There are many outdated tutorials and other bits floating around the internet and Google will find them all.  Roy's Mac tutorial that accompanies the current 
version of QTR is the best to use with OS X for the basic usage of QTR as a b&w RIP for existing printer/inkset/paper combinations that have already been 
profiled.  

If you want to profile new papers on existing printer/inksets, Tom Moore's latest Windows tutorial will provide another level of usage--that of curve creation but 
you will have to translate that info to the Mac format.  Not particularly difficult once you get the hang of it.

If you want to go all out and profile new papers with custom inksets you are jumping to a third level where the info is around but has not been catalogued.  Using 
the search function within this forum is very, very helpful.  For techniques older than a few years you can search DigitalB&Wtheprint, where much information also 
lies from before this forum was created.  

Jumping straight into curve creation can be a bit of a roller coaster ride.  I'd recommend getting some papers that have already been profiled for your 
printer/inkset and work with them a while until you start to get the hang of it, then work on profiling a similar paper to one that has already been profiled.

Put away all the tutorials except for Roy's and Tom's newest and work there until you are comfortable.