2005-09-28 by Roy Harrington
One more thing: I separated the profiles for different inksets so they are not all together. The main organizational change is to add the ink type to the
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2005-09-28 by Roy Harrington
... The issue is getting the 16 bits through all the upper levels. I ve been using a 16 bit interface with gimp-print code all along. ... Sounds very strange
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2005-09-28 by Roy Harrington
Version 2.3.1 of QuadToneRIP is now released for both Mac and PC. A brand new website especially for QuadToneRIP makes its debut! See
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2005-09-28 by Ernst Dinkla
... According to Robert Krawitz the next version of Gimp-print aka Gutenberg can handle 32 channels with 16 bit input. So it isn t getting less complex. Will
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2005-09-28 by Tom Moore
I have uploaded two sets of curves to the files section UCpk curves for Ilford Smooth Pearl (these also work quite well for Costco Premium Glossy) UT7 curves
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2005-09-28 by Roy Harrington
Hi Oliver, The gimp-print version I started with is way back -- 4.3.5. I haven t changed much of the dither code but have tweaked many of the tables to get
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2005-09-28 by Roy Harrington
Hi Eric, Don t worry -- it takes a while to grasp it all. ... The original was pretty good -- linearization fixes bumps and weirdnesses. The screen wouldn t
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2005-09-28 by Olivier
Again Roy is far more experienced than me to reply but if of any interest see below If I ... To my understanding it s a single workflow : step 1 linearization
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2005-09-28 by Olivier
Thanks Roy, Since it s a Gimp based processing I ll try to get more info on the Gimps forum. Could you possibly let me know the Gimp version used in QTR :
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2005-09-27 by brigsby707
Thanks Roy & Olivier, Little by little I think I m getting this and am close to grasping the big picture. Roy, I read through the entire thread that you had
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2005-09-27 by Eric Ashworth
Thanks Roy & Olivier, Little by little I think I m getting this and am close to grasping the big picture. Roy, I read through the entire thread that you had
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2005-09-27 by john dean
Thanks Roy, Yea, the last long one I did from QTR was 15 feet and on 1440 highest quality. Even with a 200 dpi file that one took so may hours I lost count. I
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2005-09-27 by Roy Harrington
There s really only two dithering methods that I think are worth looking at. They are Ordered and Adaptive Hybrid. From looking at the code both Floyd and
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2005-09-27 by Roy Harrington
... The Epson docs say 15 meters, the QTR code limits at 100 feet. But that may take a while :) -- haven t tried it. Roy
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2005-09-27 by john dean
Does anyone know what the maximum length and/or print size is with the latest version of QTR on the 9600? It would be nice to know before a situation arises
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2005-09-27 by Olivier
Based on this 3 links : http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/developer-html/gimpprint_26.html http://man.digipedia.pl/man/man7/gimpprint-dithers.7.html
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2005-09-27 by jamesstudiogallery
http://homepage.mac.com/royharrington/FileSharing3.html The download page for the main files (2.2) had a little bit of text at the top of the screen which
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2005-09-27 by Olivier
John, thanks for the below. In fact I m looking for an explanation of how the different dithering methods calculate the print and the difference between each.
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2005-09-27 by Roy Harrington
... I decided to load the info into the Files section of this group. See: ICC Info.txt Roy
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2005-09-27 by Olivier
I am surely not a pro to advise but I had a lengthy discussion both with Roy and Steve Kale for several days and thanks to their good will I understood more or
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2005-09-27 by Roy Harrington
On another group I wrote a fair amount about the linearization, icc profiling, etc. I m not sure I addressed all you questions but I think it will help a lot.
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2005-09-26 by Eric Ashworth
Hello all, I m hoping some of the ubertechs on the list can help me out. I have been working with QTR off and on for a couple months and thought I had a
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2005-09-25 by John Moody
The reply has not changed, but I have been using eventone for matte paper at 1440 super, and ordered for luster at 2880 dpi with the R200 printer. Best
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2005-09-25 by Olivier
I know the question has been asked in the past regarding QTR dithering method but the reply was basically try and see by yourself . Has anyone some feed back
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2005-09-25 by elitephotolv
Stephen, No I hadn t! Thank you very much. Next time I ll look around before I ask :) Thanks again, Randy ... I ... inksets ... I
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2005-09-25 by Tom Husband
MessageGot it. Thanks Stephen. Tom ... From: Stephen Billard To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:04 PM Subject: RE:
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2005-09-25 by Stephen Billard
Did you look in the help file under glossary? -Stephen www.sbillard.org/Stephen
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2005-09-25 by Stephen Billard
The QIDF files go in the Profiles folders. The QUAD files are created by the Curve Creation process and are placed in the correct folder for you. Of course,
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2005-09-24 by elitephotolv
I normally use the enhanced matte curves and like them a lot but I can t help but notice there are a lot of other papers and inksets listed in the dialog box.
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2005-09-24 by billkaroly
I tried some Entrada 300 from a sample pack I bought last year and have come to the conclusion that the R200 does not like the thicker papers. The paper was
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2005-09-24 by Tom Husband
Oh, I get it. Thanks Roy and Stephan. Tom ... From: Roy Harrington To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:21 PM Subject:
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2005-09-24 by Roy Harrington
Hi Tom, For just printing you need to put the .quad files into: QuadToneRIP- Quadtone- Quad2200 This is where the curves are found for the QTRgui pulldowns.
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2005-09-24 by Tom Husband
MessageI m sorry I m not making myself clear. If I want to use those curves which one (QIDF or QUAD) would I add to the QuadToneRIP- Profiles- 2200-ut7
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2005-09-24 by Stephen Billard
You would edit the QIDF file. Quadprofile converts it into the numbers that QuadToneRIP uses to map colors to inks. Take a look at the QUAD file. There is a
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2005-09-24 by rm9789
Now when my basic problems with generating the icc profiles are over I m experiencing something similiar to what you ve mentioned in your response. My monitor
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2005-09-24 by Tom Husband
I would use the QIDF file right? What is the QUAD file used for? Sorry, I don t understand compiled . Thanks, Tom ... From: Stephen Billard To:
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2005-09-24 by Stephen Billard
The QIDF file is the human readable version of the curve. You could actually edit this in Notepad if you wanted. The QUAD file is the compiled version of the
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2005-09-24 by Tom Husband
I know a .qidf file is a curve file for QTR but what is a .quad file? Daniel Staver s QTR UT7 curves in the files section has both. Is .quad for Macs? Why
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2005-09-23 by rm9789
That was it, Tom ! A tab delimited file works like a charm for both Create-ICC and Linearyze-Data. Good work. Thanks for your help. Now on the edge of my seat,
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2005-09-23 by Tom Moore
QTR supports both types (MK and PK) of black inks. You simply have to have (or create) a curve suitable for the ink/paper combination you are using. Tom Moore
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2005-09-23 by idophoto
My Epson 7600 is set up with Pk inks I was told that the Rip is set up for the MK inks. Could some one clarify this. Bob
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2005-09-23 by Tom Moore
I use a PC and have been thinking in those terms. Sorry. On the PC the measure file is only used by QTR-Create-ICC to create an ICC profile. We don t use
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2005-09-23 by rm9789
Sorry Tom, I went by the third page of the Eye-One-ReadMe.pdf which instructs to drag the saved grayscale scan file onto QTR-Linearize--Data . Isn t
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2005-09-23 by Tom Moore
Roman Email me your measure file. Tom
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2005-09-23 by rm9789
An update: I tried to look at the ICC profile created by QTR-create-icc with ICC inspector and I m getting Error reading ICC profile message. Obviously I m
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2005-09-23 by Tom Moore
See below ... Nope. It doesn t do that. It just quietly creates the ICC profile and leaves it in the folder where the measure file resides. ... ...
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2005-09-23 by John Moody
I have tried the approach Steve described and believe it has merit for those who like to tinker. I use it slightly differently however; I limit some of the
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2005-09-23 by rm9789
Tom You are one step ahead of me ... I haven had a chance to evaluate the correctness of the ICC profile yet. My concern was with how MasureFile interact with
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2005-09-23 by rm9789
Tom You are one step ahead of me ... I haven had a chance to evaluate the correctness of the ICC profile yet. My concern was with how MasureFile interact with
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2005-09-23 by Jamie Creed
Cheers Tom and Roy for the clarification and the info. Tom my own opinion of your User Guide is that it is an absolute senior partner to QTR, pulling together
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