Thanks, Tyler, yes both images were printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art. Both images were printed using an Epson 3800 Pro, but one printed through QTR the other through IP. I've only used one curve ( Curve 1 UCmk-EVelvetFineArt-warm) with no curve blending as my understanding is that Curve Blending is only used for custom created curves (is this correct?) Advanced adjustments at default settings. One thing: Some of my ink levels were low and I'm wondering if this may have contributed to the colour shifting. Could this be the problem? --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "tboleyyh" <tyler@...> wrote: > > several things may apply, the first obvious question is whether or not the two prints were indeed the same paper, and if the two prints under a standard viewing system really do match in hue. > More probable though is ink build of the two systems. If paper and general hue are the same, then the ink rebuild in the QTR curves used have higher color ink component to black ink ratio, and the ImagePrint ink build uses more of the 3 k inks, and as little color ink as possible. THat would be my best guess and I've demonstrated the result many times myself working on monochromatic ink builds from OEM color with RIPS. Even how much LK and LK2 are used may give a slightly different metamerism failure result. > One way or another, the two ink builds are slightly different even if they result in similar hue, there are many ways to get there. > There is no doubt QTR could yield the same performance as ImagePrint in this regard, it's the same ink and paper. But you may have to learn how to tweak the curves yourself to maximize that particular issue. Usually it's not a problem, even though slight improvement is probably possible. > Tyler > > > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "silverhound905" <digitalfineart@> wrote: > > > > I've recently started using QTR for printing monochrome prints and I'm finding that my prints suffer from a slight greenish/yellowish tinge when using the UCmk-EVelvetFineArt-warm curve. I'm using an Epson 3800. > > For the sake of comparison, I had a friend print the same images using ImagePrint and the prints did not show any noticeable color shifting. > > I'm not advanced enough yet to start creating my own curves, but I was wondering if there was anyway to minimize the metamerism using the QTR canned profiles. > > >
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Re: Metamerism with QTR
2011-06-04 by silverhound905
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