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Looking for moderation help again

2016-04-07 by Tom Moore

The quadtoneRIP Yahoo group has been remarkably free of spam for over 10 years. Although Yahoo has spam filters, they are not perfect by any means. You can

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Replacement Printer forEpson 3800

2016-04-06 by rcwelch121@...

Epson 3800 printer dieng(sic), no longer worth putting money into it, printing B&W with Cone Piezo inks, what would be the best replacement, want 17 inch wide

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We missed you

2016-04-01 by pixelphoto@...

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Open this ASAP

2016-04-01 by pixelphoto@...

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] .quad on mac

2016-03-30 by Simone Simoncini

yes, that s correct. it s like the X axis on the curve view is divided into 256 levels. the last one is the amount of ink laid out at 100%. 65535 tells the

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] .quad on mac

2016-03-30 by sw3457@...

Thanks Simone. Now I understand what the numbers refer to and I can see how they represent the curves displayed in Curve View. So, each row for each ink in

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New file uploaded to QuadtoneRIP

2016-03-29 by QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the QuadtoneRIP group. File :

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] .quad on mac

2016-03-29 by simone

Sorry I replied in a hurry and it came out quite cryptic. What I wanted to say is that looking directly into the quad file (and eventually editing it) can be

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Re: .quad on mac

2016-03-29 by richard@...

How much (and what kind) of a change are you trying to make to the .quad file? There really isn t any documentation on how to edit the quad curves (although a

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] .quad on mac

2016-03-29 by simone

Actually you can. For each ink you find 256 entries in the file. 0 means no ink. 65535 means 100%. So if you edit directly the file by changing the numbers, it

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.quad on mac

2016-03-29 by sw3457@...

Hi -- Anyone know how to edit a .quad text file on a Mac to make changes to the curve? I get the workflow for a .qidf but the .quad is confusing and I can t

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Re: Cannot find my Curves

2016-03-29 by richard@...

Jeff, I am glad to hear you are back up and running now, but I agree, it is a pain. You will find a couple similar threads here about the Windows 10 issues.

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Re: Cannot find my Curves

2016-03-29 by jp432r@...

Your suggestion worked perfectly, but I gotta say that I am stunned that I had to crash the program to fix a problem. Thanks, Jeff

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Re: Cannot find my Curves

2016-03-28 by richard@...

I m not a Windows user, but this is how I understand how to fix this. You need to open the curve creation module in the QTRgui, open the qidf file, then click

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Cannot find my Curves

2016-03-28 by jp432r@...

My old computer died. (Windows 10). I had everything working fine on it and was working on solving a mechanical problem in my Epson Stylus Photo R3000 when my

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User Guide discrepancy

2016-03-28 by Lew Schwartz

This is my first time working with QTR & The User Guide, the following seems to be a contradiction. The guide states: To print the first Ink Separation Test

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Re: LR to QTR imterface

2016-03-28 by rdeloe1@...

Lew, if you are on Windows, there s a looonngg thread on this topic here: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/QuadtoneRIP/conversations/topics/13420

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Re: LR to QTR imterface

2016-03-28 by richard@...

Are you on Windows or OS X? If Windows, no. You need to export a tiff, open in the QTRgui and then print from there. On OS X you can select the quad printer

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LR to QTR imterface

2016-03-28 by Lew Schwartz

Is there a way to set up LR &/or QTR so that QTR appears as a printer or print driver that I can print to from LR? Thanks! -(a very new at this)Lew Schwartz

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Re: ICC profiles

2016-03-25 by azarijah@...

Usually the ICC profiles are installed simply by right clicking the appropriate file (whether still within a Zip or compressed file, or after expanding the

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Re: Fine Art Matt papers and QTR

2016-03-25 by azarijah@...

Hello. Your post was interesting. I use an Epson 7900 (though right now I am fighting a hard clog in my Cyan channel, but, despite Piezo flush, it might defeat

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Epson 7600 for sale

2016-03-22 by benjschneider2@...

I have a good, currently working 7600 for sale; $500. I am down sizing and have both a 7600 and 9600. I don t need both.

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] 3880 6K + LM + LC ??

2016-03-22 by Paul Roark

It shouldn t matter where the inks are. The setup won t be Epson driver compatible anyway. The main issue with the LC and LM as separate inks is that most

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3880 6K + LM + LC ??

2016-03-22 by goch@...

In 2012 Paul was using a 6K+LC+LM setup for an Epson 4000. He has since moved on to other projects. I m thinking of converting my 3880 to this setup. (I want

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Fine Art Matt papers and QTR

2016-03-20 by unesco18@...

Hi all, I became a heavy user of QTR in the last weeks with my Epson 3880. I was always interested in (semi)glossy papers, but discovered fine art media some

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Re: P800 ink limit

2016-03-19 by gheim5@...

Thanks for the warm welcome. That is really strange. My densitometer (http://www.fag.ch/products/pdf/FAG%20C5%20GB.pdf

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Re: P800 ink limit

2016-03-18 by richard@...

I didn t see that the paper mentioned was a matte paper, but I did take a look at some measurements of my ink separation images with gloss papers and the

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] P800 ink limit

2016-03-18 by Paul Roark

If you are printing on Archival Matte and getting those density numbers, I d say your densitometer is giving false readings. They are considerably too high

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Re: P800 ink limit

2016-03-18 by richard@...

Welcome, and its good to see someone diving right in to making their own QTR profiles. These densities are correct. Some people might recommend setting the ink

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P800 ink limit

2016-03-17 by gheim5@...

Dear all, I bought my first Epson printer a few weeks ago and have just started getting into QTR. Frankly speaking, this group and QTR were the decisive

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Poor quality on A3

2016-03-15 by Jacques Caron

Hi Paul Glad to know it worked; as far as head strikes, I don t know if they are really harmful but in any event, when the head start to strike the paper you

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Poor quality on A3

2016-03-15 by forums@walkerblackwell.com

That’s a good one! cheers and thank you Jacques! Walker ,_._,___ That’s a good one! cheers and thank you Jacques! Walker ,_._,___

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Re: Poor quality on A3

2016-03-15 by paulmwhiting@...

Thanks, Brian, that clears it up for me. Yes, I had read an announcement over at IJM about this. Seems a never-ending battle between chip designers and those

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Re: Poor quality on A3

2016-03-15 by paulmwhiting@...

All three worked for me, Jacques, thank you. Good to know... I didn t realize head strikes were harmful. Regards, Paul

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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Ink limit low limit

2016-03-14 by forums@walkerblackwell.com

... The steel metal piece that holds the pizza wheel assemblies can be lifted up. They are simply clipped in. Unclip and push down and out. ... Not recommended

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Re: Poor quality on A3

2016-03-14 by rdeloe1@...

Jacques, I was going to ask for that picture of your styrofoam too! Thanks for posting. Unfortunately, the link doesn t seem to be working. Can you check it?

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