Re: qidf files location in Windows 10
2016-02-16 by brian_downunda@...
It may be hidden, in which case Paul s suggestion should work. It s possible that it hasn t been created yet. It may be that it s only created when it s
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Print Tool question
2016-02-16 by Mark Savoia
When using the print tool, if I have a bunch of images laid out with it and edit the original files (levels for example), when I hit the print button - will it
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: qidf files location in Windows 10
2016-02-16 by Paul Roark
Try making a shortcut on your desktop with this in it s Properties box: C: Users [your computer user name] AppData Local VirtualStore Program Files
Re: qidf files location in Windows 10
2016-02-16 by Alan Sockloff
Thank you, Brian and Paul. I searched the Windows File Explorer in my Windows 10 with no luck, and I read the entire thread suggested by Brian. I think
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
Not sure if I can post a screen-shot to this. However, included in this reply is a screenshot of QTR in ABW mode Application Managed with a Grayscale CreateICC
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Purging/flushing just one color channel
2016-02-16 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
Just a reminder from the link below: This is not the recommended procedure for trying to unclog a printer. Also, you don’t want to print a purge sheet if a
Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by brian_downunda@...
Larry I believe that it s the same on Mac OS X and PC. As we ve discussed separately, there are two basic choices - to convert to the ICC when printing or
Re: Purging/flushing just one color channel
2016-02-16 by brian_downunda@...
Both methods - calibration mode and a custom curve using only that channel - should work. I ve used both. Like Michael I use the calibration mode approach.
Re: Does the I1Pro and the i1 Profiler handle multiple readings?
2016-02-16 by michael.mutmansky@...
Great. It sounds like you tested it the way I would have done to confirm. That makes things easier. I guess we ll see if taking them in directly without
Re: Purging/flushing just one color channel
2016-02-16 by michael.mutmansky@...
I think you are doing it correctly based on your description... You take an image of a solid color with the color of (R,G,B) 247,0,255, and print it in the
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by Paul Roark
As a potentially related aside, with some of the higher volume MIS B&W inksets I made, the Epson driver gave a curve that was way off the mark in terms of what
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by jeff.grant@...
Thanks Walker. We are singing from the same hymn book. Piezography and QTR are the way to go for me.
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by Larry Beach
This may be beginning to make sense now, but not completely... Roy built it (Print Tool?) to use BWICC profiles in ABW mode. Does this mean that, on a Mac,
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
It was my own observations and measurements of ABW that made me come to this belief. BUT, Print Tool can do some calibration of the ABW funkyness as Roy built
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by jeff.grant@...
Walker, If you have something from Epson that says that they designed ABW to compensate for crappy monitors, please share it. I long ago decided against ABW
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by Larry Beach
OK, now I m confused. But, I d expect to be confused because my interest in ABW/QTR/piezo along with curves and profiles is relatively new. I feel like I ve
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
Yes. Buy Print-Tool and build a CreateICC profile with it for ABW. It works Walker
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-16 by jeff.grant@...
Walker, do you have anything from Epson to substantiate that statement. I struggle with the concept of making ABW non-linear to compensate for crappy monitors.
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Purging/flushing just one color channel
2016-02-15 by Greg Franco
Instead of relying on special files and the calibration mode I make special profiles and use the 21 step wedge file to print. For example make a profle where
Purging/flushing just one color channel
2016-02-15 by mark@...
What am I doing wrong? Epson 9900. Trying to purge just one channel, LC position. Using QTR in calibration mode, but what file do I print, the QTR-LC flush.tif
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-15 by Harvey Fishman
Actually, I believe that the sentence should read It was rare that a curve was perfectly linear ... Harvey ... From: brian_downunda@yahoo.com [QuadtoneRIP]
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-15 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
ABW curves are not linear. This is actually on purpose because epson is doing their best to match poorly constructed displays unable to match gamma 2.2 and the
Re: Does the I1Pro and the i1 Profiler handle multiple readings?
2016-02-15 by richard@...
Its definitely averaging the measurement data. I don t know how how it knows what order they are in, especially when they are in the 21x4 random order but it
Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-15 by brian_downunda@...
For those who hadn t worked it out, that sentence should read It was rare than a curve was perfectly linear ... ... It s certainly true that I m interested
Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-15 by brian_downunda@...
It s certainly true that I m interested in understanding why I m seeing what I m seeing in a print. It provides a greater degree of predictability and
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-15 by Larry
Brian is very much into numbers and linearisation, for some very good reasons. Because of this I ve learned a lot in a short period of time, and that s without
Re: Does the I1Pro and the i1 Profiler handle multiple readings?
2016-02-15 by michael.mutmansky@...
Richard, Are you sure it is averaging the data? I suppose it can be tested so if you have verified that the linearize tool is doing that, then everything is
Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-15 by rdeloe1@...
Brian, I tried hard to make it clear that my comments relate only and entirely to Lightroom. I don t use Photoshop and have nothing to say one way or the other
Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-15 by brian_downunda@...
If you ve got a workflow that works for you, then who am I to tell you not to use it? All I can say is that my experience is that converting to a custom ICC
Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-14 by rdeloe1@...
Based on the advice received in this thread and lots more testing, I’ve settled on a Windows Lightroom workflow that works reliably and consistently. Some
Re: QTR support for Epson P6000/P7000?
2016-02-14 by al.benas@...
Thank you for responding; at least someone has experienced these issues. After a while, you start to doubt your own sanity. I would agree that trying to use
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Does the I1Pro and the i1 Profiler handle multiple readings?
2016-02-12 by a3rm
Thanks very much Richard, very intresting. Alex ... This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print Tool Speed
2016-02-12 by Roy Harrington
Converting to 8-bit does seem undesirable but it s not nearly as bad as it might seem. 16-bit is very necessary during all the editing phases but at print time
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print Tool Speed
2016-02-12 by richard@...
These were 16-bit flattened grayscale, but I will rotate in photoshop before printing. Thanks for that suggestion. On the 44x108 I had it printing
Re: QTR support for Epson P6000/P7000?
2016-02-12 by richard@...
Al, I posted elsewhere that I have a P800, and found some of the pre-installed curves to be not as accurate as I would like (probably because they were made
Re: Does the I1Pro and the i1 Profiler handle multiple readings?
2016-02-12 by richard@...
Take a look at this post here: http://www.bwmastery.com/blog/2015/new-and-improved-i1-profiler-workflow-for-quadtonerip
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: QTR support for Epson P6000/P7000?
2016-02-12 by Roy Harrington
Hi Al, Looks like I missed your previous posts, sorry. I don t have a P800 so its hard for me to test much. First I d do all printing at 2880dpi -- its what
Re: Does the I1Pro and the i1 Profiler handle multiple readings?
2016-02-12 by michael.mutmansky@...
Thanks for the info. I suspected it didn t do it, so I ll develop a spreadsheet to run the values. No big deal, and it will give me the chance to actually
Re: QTR support for Epson P6000/P7000?
2016-02-12 by al.benas@...
Roy, I hate to keep asking, but my experience, on a Win 7 machine, is that P800 curves are not working on a P800. Not only do they not produce a complete image
Re: Does the I1Pro and the i1 Profiler handle multiple readings?
2016-02-11 by ozwille@...
Hello Michael, Creating a Profiler test chart with multiple repetitions of the patch set would enable you to measure multiple copies of the step chart into one
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR support for Epson P6000/P7000?
2016-02-11 by Roy Harrington
Hi Sandy, I ve had someone try out QTR driver with a P9000 and the report was that all worked. BTW, the P20000 looks too different and not likely to work. Just
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print Tool Speed
2016-02-11 by Roy Harrington
That s a really big print -- never done one that big so these are possibilities. If it s 2.5 hrs of printing with the head moving at full speed, there s only
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print Tool Speed
2016-02-11 by richard@...
Roy and Walker, thanks for the input. I I really don t mind the extra wait in spooling time, especially when I m billing by the hour. It really isn t THAT long
QTR support for Epson P6000/P7000?
2016-02-11 by sanking@...
I am currently using QTR 2.7.7 with El Capitan, and see that there is support for the Epson P600 and P800. Do these profiles also work with the P6000/P7000? If
Does the I1Pro and the i1 Profiler handle multiple readings?
2016-02-11 by michael.mutmansky@...
Folks, I have a new i1Pro2 here, and have tried it for linearization... It seems too work great for that, so everything is good. However, I am making digital
Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-11 by brian_downunda@...
Roy Conversion to the ICC is the simplest workflow, but .... in that post of yours from early last year that I linked to above, you said Throughout most of
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-11 by Larry Beach
Thanks all, I was having similar problems too, and this workflow seems to work for the best for me too. I often need to export into Elements, but then I can
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Lightroom and QTR for Windows -- advice for an export for QTR strategy
2016-02-11 by Roy Harrington
... My guess would be that this is the most straightforward approach. Just set up a Preset for this Export: -- TIFF, convert to RGB_Matte_Paper on output, some
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print Tool Speed
2016-02-10 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
I gave up awhile ago trying to hunt this pdftoraster thing down other than to validate that it can be API-called from external apps and that PS/LR don’t
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] "Remote Host Did Not Accept Data File" - Problems Printing Large Files
2016-02-10 by Roy Harrington
I m not sure why you are getting that. Maybe the following: In PS preferences under File Handling there s a Maximize PSD compatibility. This should always put