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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Calibrating for Ultrachrome inks

2009-03-06 by John Labovitz

Can you describe a bit more what problems you're having?  Have you  
already figured out the ink limits?  Are you just looking to linearize?

--John


On 5 Mar 2009, at 3:55 PM, michaeldsji wrote:

> I'd like to add to my original post:
>
> It seems that the 26-page "Quad Tone RIP User Guide" also available  
> from the QuadtoneRip web site is the most complete guide to the  
> Calibration and Linearization process. However I find that it is (a)  
> not Mac-oriented and thus somewhat difficult to translate some of  
> the steps, and (b) almost 4 years old and maybe not up-to-date with  
> the current downloads and software/hardware changes.
>
> A friend of mine and I spent hours pulling our hair out trying to  
> work through even printing our first set of calibration prints until  
> we realized whole pages in the guide could be skipped by just  
> opening up the Ink Pattern Page in Pshop and using the Print command  
> to proceed. Ouch!
>
> The "Basic Tutorial QuadTone RIP on Mac OS X" guide is very useful  
> but only covers the printing of an image through Pshop and the  
> QuadTone driver. It stops short of calibration and linearization.
>
> So... I just wanted to append my previous message to let you all  
> know that I am familiar with these guides but have found them to be  
> tough to understand and translate, and somewhat of a dead-end for me.
>
> Again, thank you for any help and assistance.
>
>
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