QTR-Quadtone RIP

> I use the eye-one pro and the  
> measuring software gives the Lab value which i believe is directly  
> proportional to the density. Is there a quick and dirty way of ding  
> this? 

I'm not sure how to read the density values with the Eye-One, but all it is is the density 
reading sometimes referred to as d=.  And you are right, that the L values is equivalent to 
the density readings, but I'm not sure how they correlate.  Perhaps some of the people out 
there that have an Eye-One can answer how to get the density readings with it.  With the 
Spyder 3 it gives the Lab values as well as the density reading when taking a 
measurement.

> Unfortunately I cannot buy the spray where I live and I believe  
> most courier companies dont carry this stuff by air. So I am stuck  
> with gloss differential or use glop throughout. 

I'm not sure where you live but I haven't had any trouble getting the Premier Print Shield 
shipped to me.  I ordered mine from MIS.  You don't want to make prints using the Eboni 
(M) ink on glossy or satin type papers without spraying them with some kind of protection 
spray, because it will smear, even after extending drying times.  The glop helps but 
doesn't prevent the Eboni from smearing.  Also, the darker density values change a lot 
after spraying, especially the darker tones from the ink in the LM position.  I've noticed 
that without the spray there is some solarization in the darker tones as well as gloss differential and bronzing.  Also the spray appears to change the dmax of this this 
particular profile from about a 2.30 to about a 2.50.  Be sure you are using the right 
profiles or curves as the warm and cool curves I sent you don't use the Eboni ink and don't 
need the spray.  The only one I sent using the Eboni along with glop and the warm light PK 
ink in the LM position requiring the spray was the Eb-IlfordGold-Spray-RR-3-3g63-
5L.txt; there is no warm or cool version of using the Eboni on the Ilford Gold since the 
goal is a more neutral print using 100% carbon inks (with no pigments) than is possible 
with only the warm PK inks which are also 100% carbon.  The cool PK inks have pigments 
added to cool them down.

Randy