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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] LINEARIZE: Density or Lab?

2009-05-19 by Roy Harrington

QTR handles either Lab or Density automatically.
The values in the Linearize line should go from white to black:
in lab that's big to small values
in density its small to big values.

Roy

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM, t_j_l_s <tls@...> wrote:
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "t_j_l_s" <tls@...> wrote:
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>>  SpyderPrint seems to be emitting values ranging from 0 to about 2 into the
>> LINEARIZE= line it generates.  Other QTR profiles I have seem to have values ranging
>> from about 5 to about 100.
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> It looks like SpyderPrint is emitting density values, while some of the existing 4800-7800-9600 profiles have Lab values in the LINEARIZE= line.  I notice the profiles for the similar Epson 4000 printer seem to have densities -- the values range from 0 to about 2.3.
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> Which is correct?  Does QTR automatically accept either?  Or is one set of profiles or the other just wrong?
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