2010-04-03 by RParker124
I forgot to mention that I am printing with Photoshop CS4 (and may also use Lightroom 2 in the future ), with a Mac using OSX 10.5.8. Bob Parker
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2010-04-03 by RParker124
Hello, I am new to this group and brand new to the Quadtone Rip. I have been printing with the Epson 3800 for about 4 months using the AWB driver for B&W
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2010-04-03 by Michael King
You ve asked a simple question - but unfortunately its not a simple answer. I think you would benefit reading from the QTR user guide that installs in the QTR
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2010-04-03 by pr_roark
... Follow the Calibration print labels. By the way, there are a few profiles in a download linked to my Eboni-6 PDF. See
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2010-04-03 by wattsies67
I have set up an epson 1400 with eboni 6 inks. The 1400 ink order is Y, K, LC, LM, M, C. I have printed out the ink separation chart for 6 inks. However, it
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2010-04-03 by wattsies67
... There seem to be a few tricks with the 1410. Roy has me back on track. The solution was to name the printer Quad1400-MIS (the -MIS being important) and
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2010-04-02 by andre1moreau
Is not the Epson 1410 the same as an Epson 1400 sold worldwide except in North America? Have you tried selecting the Epson 1400 in QTR and printed from there?
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2010-04-02 by wattsies67
OK. I ve finally got myself some cartridges that are compatible with the espon 1410 and filled them with MIS eboni 6 inkset. Now when I go to install QTR
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2010-03-31 by ddlusk
I am printing with QTR on the Epson 3800 using Epson UC inks. Is there someone making custom profiles for different papers using QTR?
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2010-03-31 by Michael King
Roy, Should we expect the 2880dpi mode to also invoke more smaller dot usage? Hence maybe an advantage to 3MK users? Also the R1800, 1900 and 1400 have a
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2010-03-30 by Roy Harrington
The different dpi s should use about the same amount of ink for the same print density. Yes, you probably need different ink limits for the different dpi s but
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2010-03-30 by Michael King
Terry, let s discuss this off list. I ll email you. Mike ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2010-03-30 by Rainer Taube
Hallo, you can find a german explanation for custom curves at the following link: http://www.tauberlin.de/QTRKurven.pdf Best Regards Rainer ... [Non-text
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2010-03-30 by Michael King
Hi Matthias, Sorry I confused you - I was replying to a question about about what print resolution I was using 1440 or 2880. I am using 2880 resolution on a
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2010-03-30 by dj_joy_uk
... I never really use it as it s usually a waste of ink, the differences are imperceptible on most papers. When I was profiling Epson Exhibition
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2010-03-30 by tboleyyh
... exactly... but it was worth asking to make sure... Tyler
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2010-03-30 by wlh_1
Before I list this machine on Ebay I wanted to offer it to the group. For shipping costs and a nominal fee for carting it to UPS I will send you an Epson 2400.
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2010-03-30 by Paula
I would like to try Canson Baryta Photographique and PremierArt Alise papers using the MIS UT-14 inkset and an Epson 1400 printer. Does anyone have specific
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2010-03-30 by shileshjani
No doubt QTR is a fantastic tool for demanding needs not satisfied by Epson color or ABW drivers. This community should be applauding (and thanking) QTR
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2010-03-30 by rogerbarrett_hps
... The bullseyes are extremely useful for a visual check on smoothness, but if you want an objective measure, and if you have an i1, you can use the
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2010-03-30 by Matthias Eblen
Hello Mike, I am also using the Epson 2880 and I am pleased with the results. Up to now I printed mostly wih the ABW mode. Now I want to move into printing
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2010-03-30 by Michael King
I am using 2880 and only 2880. Why use anything else :) Mike ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2010-03-30 by Ernst Dinkla
... Roy, It depends. I installed PhotoPrint the Windows GUI for Gutenprint and it drives the HP Officejet Pro K5400 with the K60 driver. There must be more
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2010-03-30 by tboleyyh
StudioPrint uses rather severe partitioning, and successfully linearizes 6 and 7 inks. Of course it costs much much more. My only point is that lots of overlap
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2010-03-30 by Terry Ritz
... I think I know what Michael is trying to describe. When I build 7 ink profiles for my Cone inks and I print the bulls eye on Keith Cooper s test print
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2010-03-30 by Terry Ritz
... Mike, would you be willing to share your approach, and spreadsheet? I would find it very helpful. Feel free to e-mail me off-list if that is more
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2010-03-30 by Roy Harrington
You d be just as upset or more if the GUI left out the curves with spaces in them. Use underscore or dash for more room in the names. Despite what you may
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2010-03-30 by Roy Harrington
Hi Matti, The can t set printer resolution thing sounds a lot like an old printer Preset. It s best if you write down the settings and create a new one from
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2010-03-30 by Michael King
Roy, Sometimes I cause the problem by renaming profiles, but yes you are right the main cause is where I am linearizing profiles myself and editing their
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2010-03-30 by Roy Harrington
Hi Ernst, I kind of keep my peripheral vision on GutenPrint stuff but don t follow all the details. My impression is that they don t support the interesting
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2010-03-29 by Roy Harrington
... Mike, Special characters are illegal in lots of places on computers, so I took the approach that they would be illegal in curves. Before that there were
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2010-03-29 by Michael King
Sure I ll do some tests with the bullseye. I am checking the smoothness of the linearity and I didn t see any flat spots. More on this after some testing. But
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2010-03-29 by Roy Harrington
I think Shilesh has a valid point. With the standard QTR transitions when you use more inks the slope of the transitions are steeper since there are more up
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2010-03-29 by Michael King
Hi Roy, I see you didn t get to fix the feature where a space in a QTR profile name in Windows means its not recognised by QTR @ print time. Could you at
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2010-03-29 by Michael King
Hi Shilesh, ... Tomorrow I ll upload the section of the image that tends to posterise and you can try for yourself :) I ll email when its done. You might be
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2010-03-29 by shileshjani
Mike, I must say I have never ecountered posterization issues with customary inks that use K, LK, and LLK alone, or as backbone followed by LM, LC, and others
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2010-03-29 by Matti Koskinen
downloaded the osx 2.7 and when I try to print, qtr prints only few centimeters and then ejects the paper. My setup is snow leopard, quadr1800-uc, printing
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2010-03-29 by Joel
I m running os snow leopard. Concerning the color management issues mentioned in the new release of QTR 2.7. I no longer have CS3 and am using CS4. In the
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2010-03-29 by Michael King
Roy, ... issues. More bits and more overlap are pretty much the very last things to be concerned about. Posterization is usually in the image or you have bad
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2010-03-29 by Roy Harrington
... There have always been 256 points in the QTR curves but the values at each of the points have always been 16-bit. The 256 points are already way overkill
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2010-03-29 by Roy Harrington
... I m not sure what you are looking at but the file does in fact have all the values. Look at the Histogram. Somehow you seem to be doing some color
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2010-03-29 by Roy Harrington
... QTR has always used 16-bit internally. The 16-bit thru the OS is the added part and also the least important part. The printer manufacturers -- Epson &
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2010-03-29 by Michael King
... have just finished profiling two papers for QTR and wonder if they would be a) compatible, b) have greater accuracy with this new version? As I read in
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2010-03-29 by Michael King
Roy, What would I use Create ICC for Linearization with PhotoShop ACV curves for ? I know its been around a while, but I ve only just noticed it :) Also the
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2010-03-29 by dj_joy_uk
... I had already assumed that 16bit support was present in QTR, was this not the case? Is there any benefit in re-creating custom curves for this new version?
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2010-03-29 by Ernst Dinkla
Roy, There are more spin-offs of Gimpprin/Gutenprint like PhotoPrint written by Alastair M. Robinson. Linux and Windows versions.
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2010-03-28 by Kerik Kouklis
Thanks, Roy!!! From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Roy Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 1:03 PM To:
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2010-03-28 by Roy Harrington
Yes and yes. Roy
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2010-03-28 by Michael King
Hi Roy, Great to see 16bit support. How are you handling the curve data, I can t imagine you ve got 65536 entries per curve. Are you interpolating between the
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2010-03-28 by Roy
QuadToneRIP version 2.7.0 Release Notes This is a new release for both Mac OS X and Windows Support for new Epson 3880 printer Bug fixes: R2880 Manual Roll
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