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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Profile-loading problem on a 3800

2009-02-11 by Roy Harrington

Hi Ben,

Both you and your friend ought to upgrade to 2.6.2 on all the machines.
The ink file you have works fine there.

Roy

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:12 PM, benaltman123 <benaltman123@...> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've been using QTR for digital negatives for a while, on 2200. R1800, and 9800. I have
> Version 2.4.x on a G4 with OS 10.4 and 2.6.2 on a G5 with 10.5. I write my own profiles
> which are a very simple syntax: a separate curve for each ink, generated from a
> spreadsheet.
>
> I include a sample file below, with the curves simplified for the sake of space.
>
> Recently I offered to write a profile for a friend who has a 3800. (I don't have one here). He
> can't get the profile to load correctly; symptoms no graph generated on loading and
> doesn't print.
>
> He is running 10.3.9 on a G4 and 10.5 on an Imac, Intel, I think.
>
> I can e-mail the profile to myself and, with the appropriate change to the printer name,
> load it on my 9800 and print. I can e-mail him a similar profile for his 2200 and that
> works fine. He can download other people's profiles and they work.
>
> What am I missing about the 3800?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Ben
>
> Here's the ink descriptor file:
>
> #  QuadToneRIP curve descriptor file
> #  Trial
> #  for R3800 with K3 inks using PK
>
> PRINTER=Quad3800
> CURVE_NAME=3800-OHP-90204-4.txt
> CALIBRATION=NO
> GRAPH_CURVE=YES
>
> N_OF_INKS=8
> DEFAULT_INK_LIMIT=100
>
>
>
> #
> #  Describe Usage of each Ink: LK,C,LC,LLK,M,LM,K,Y
> #    All Inks of Printer must be listed
> #
>
> #
> # Gray Partitioning Information
> #
> GRAY_HIGHLIGHT=0
> GRAY_SHADOW=0
> GRAY_GAMMA=1
>
> #
> # Unused Inks
> #
> N_OF_UNUSED=0
> CURVE_K="0;0 100;30"
> CURVE_C="0;0 50;40 100;20"
> CURVE_M="0;0 25;24 55;0 100;0"
> CURVE_Y="0;0 30;0 100;29"
> CURVE_LC="0;0 16;28 55;0 100;0"
> CURVE_LM="0;0 100;0"
> CURVE_LK="0;0 50;42 100;19"
> CURVE_LLK="0;0 18;28 55;0 100;0"
>
>
>
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