QTR-Quadtone RIP

Bill,  

I have removed the profile and deleted the .quad file...still no qtr menu. 

Frustrated.

Bob

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Vaccaro" <bill@...> wrote:
>
> Bob,
> 
> Try using one of the generic profiles just to see if Quadtone RIP reappears. Then you'll know if it's deleting the LINIERIZE= statement that's the problem.
> 
> Have you tried leaving the LINIERIZE= statement in but blank?
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Bill
> 
> --- 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.
> >
>