QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi,
   Can anyone say whether there has been any improvement in this situation? I am still using CS 2, and am interested in upgrading to CS 4 or 5, but only if one or the other can be used easily with QTR.

Thanks,
David

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Roy Harrington <roy@...> wrote:
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> CS4 or CS5 along with OSX 10.5 or 10.6 have a problem doing grayscale.
> What happens is that no matter what selections you make in PS the OS always
> converts whatever you send it to a fixed profile.   In 10.5 its
> Generic Gray which
> is a gamma 1.8 profile.  In 10.6 its a new profile called Generic Gray Gamma 2.2
> which you'd think was a gamma 2.2 curve but its not.  The little glitch you see
> in the graphs is exactly the conversion of Gray Gamma 2.2 to Generic GG 2.2.
> 
> Using CS3 is the easiest workaround currently.
> 
> Roy
> 
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:31 PM, hhchapman4104 <hchapman@...> wrote:
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> > Hello Andrew,
> > I don't believe the problem is the print settings between CS3 and CS5. I appreciate your suggestion though.
> > -Harlan
> > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Darlow <ad@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi:
> >>
> >> I'm guessing you know that the way the print dialog works is different. You should definitely save a Preset when you click on Print Settings as the settings might not be sticking.
> >>
> >> I wrote an article about it here:
> >>
> >> http://www.pixiq.com/article/how-to-navigate-changes-to-the-print-dialog-box-in-photoshop-cs5
> >>
> >> Hope that helps,
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >> Andrew Darlow
> >> Editor, The Imaging Buffet
> >> http://www.imagingbuffet.com
> >> Author, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques:
> >> An Essential Printing Resource for Photographers - http://www.inkjettips.com
> >> and
> >> Pet Photography 101:
> >> Tips for Taking Better Photos of Your Dog or Cat - http://www.PhotoPetTips.com
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> >> On Feb 2, 2011, at 8:08 PM, hhchapman4104 wrote:
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> >> > Printing with linearized QTR profiles in CS3 works fine for me. When I print the same file in CS5 the dark values are off. I am consistent in my color management (all gray gamma 2.2) and print set up.
> >> > See this example using the supplied QTR Ilford Smooth Pearl profile printing a 21 step wedge and reading LAB L with an Eye-One spectrophotometer. The red line is the print from Photoshop CS3, the blue line from CS5:
> >> > http://img40.imageshack.us/f/cs3vscs5.jpg/
> >> > Here is the Photoshop print dialog from CS5:
> >> > http://img821.imageshack.us/i/cs5printdailog.jpg/
> >> >
> >> > I'd heard rumblings in the past about possible issues with printing in CS5 but my poor searching skills didn't turn anything up on this in this forum.
> >> >
> >> > I can continue to print in CS3 but was wondering if there was a fix to enable using CS5?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you!
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