QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi,

I am having the same problem.  I had it with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and 2.7.1.  I tried unstalling 2.7.1 and installing 2.7.2...same problem. I am also using cs5 on a Macbook Pro.

Bob

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Vaccaro" <bill@...> wrote:
>
> 
> While I was thisclose to finishing a QTR profile (I'm making digital
> negatives on Pictorico Premium OHP transparency paper for my alt process
> work using Ron Reeder's excellent Digital Negatives book), the Quadtone
> RIP dialog box abruptly disappeared. I'm running QTR 2.7.2 on Mac OS X
> 10.7.1 (Lion) on a MacBook Pro through Photoshop CS5 to an Epson 3800
> printer.
> 
> Here's what normally happens. I choose Print and get the Print dialog
> box. I then choose Quad3800 (i've already loaded my custom QTR profile
> through QTR's  install.command) and then click on Print Settings. From
> there, I get the Quad3800 print setting dialog box. I choose the popup
> menu that starts with "Layout" and pick "Quadtone RIP" which then gets
> me to the Quadtone RIP dialog box, etc.
> 
> Since Tuesday night, the Quadtone RIP choice in the popup menu has
> disappeared. I've tried everything. I've de-installed and re-installed
> QTR 2.7.2 numerous times. I've even de-installed and re-installed the
> entire Adobe Creative Suite CS5. I've tracked down old .plist files from
> older versions of QTR and deleted them. I've even made sure to get rid
> of the .quad.gz files that are located in that ppd alias file that's
> located in the user/library/printer/qtr folder before deleting the
> entire qtr folder itself. In a day's worth of deleting and reinstalling,
> I managed to get Quadtone RIP to show its face only to disappear once
> again once I quit Photoshop before attempting to load the custom QTR
> profile that I had been working on.
> 
> While I think it may be a Mac Lion problem, I'm just wondering if anyone
> else has experienced this same issue, be it on Lion, Snow Leopard (10.6)
> or earlier versions of OS X.
> 
> In the meantime, I'm in the midst partioning my MacBook Pro's 1TB drive
> so I can load Snow Leopard, Photoshop 5 and QTR 2.7.2 so I can continue
> to work until this problem is solved.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>