2015-02-09 by brian_downunda@...
I understand that. I understand it only too well. Indeed that was precisely the point of my post - that they *are* two entirely different philosophies about
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2015-02-08 by richard@...
Like I said earlier in the thread, I have been kept awake with this problem off and on for the last few months/years and it all started clicking earlier last
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2015-02-08 by Terry Ritz
Jon s curves assume Gray Gamma 2.2 input files. Roy s curves assume linear input files. Two fundamentally different approaches using the same tool (Quad Tone
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2015-02-08 by brian_downunda@...
I m coming to this a bit late. I m on Windows (7) and so don t yet have the issues with the measure tool that Mac users seem to have. I m replying because I
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2015-02-08 by jeff.grant@...
Replying to my own post, it helps to convert your 21 step file to GG2.2 for piezography. I was printing untagged which was causing the odd results. Dumb
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2015-02-07 by richard@...
I tend to print all targets through the same application with no color management, in my case, PrintTool. It is more about having as few variables as possible.
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2015-02-07 by Bart Wybouw
To answer my own question … I just did the test and the profiles are nearly identical (difference is measurement error). ... To answer my own question … I
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2015-02-07 by Bart Wybouw
Just wondering … given this issue … When using the x-rite i1profiler software, is there a similar problem? Or does the x-rite software what the adobe print
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2015-02-07 by Bart Wybouw
Hi Richard, thanks for your help, that did indeed do it. I’m a bit surprised that this is not mentioned in the documentation that comes with QTR … Would
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2015-02-06 by jeff.grant@...
When I read this thread originally, a lot off it went over my head. Now that I am in the thick of it, it makes a lot more sense. Roy s suggestion to create an
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2015-02-06 by richard@...
I should have clarified, when printing from Adobe Color Utility or (QTR) PrintTool, you do so because you do not want to introduce color management of any
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2015-02-06 by richard@...
You can not print the ink separation page from Photoshop because the color management system messes up the RBB values as it goes to the printer and calibration
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2015-02-06 by QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
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2015-02-06 by Bart Wybouw
Hi all, I’m trying to print a Calibration page but the results I am getting are no where near what I need to get. I’m on - Mac OS 10.9.5 - PS CC - Epson
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2015-02-06 by gilaprint@...
Roy I did the reset - deleted all my printers ... I only have the QTR Driver 2.7.5 & PT 1.1.0 installed, and tried printing with only the Quad printer
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2015-02-04 by Catherine Costolo
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2015-02-04 by Jacques Caron
Thanks I was actually writing about the tons of printers in the main library (not mine). And I checked and I don t seem to find any text files for all these
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2015-02-04 by richard@...
Yes but make sure you delete the text ink descriptor file too or else it will reinstall it. After I make the final profile I go back and delete all the
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2015-02-04 by jacques.caron@...
On a Mac, can I delete all the profiles that I don t need in the folder : macHD/Library/Printers/QTR/quadtone Thanks
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2015-02-04 by jeff.grant@...
Thanks Richard. That s great. I ll give it a run as soon as my carts show up.
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2015-02-04 by richard@...
You can measure the 51 step target and then graph a chart in Excel or or Numbers or google sheets, and observe if the shadows block up at the end of the scale.
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2015-02-04 by jeff.grant@...
Thank you all for the assistance, it is most appreciated. As a recent arrival from the world of colour, the concept of using a curve for one printer on another
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2015-02-04 by doc_in_bc@...
Well, Catherine, it was something different I think. I got an installation error this time and a dialogue box that asked if I wanted to repair the
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2015-02-04 by richard@...
Roy is absolutely right with the 1% steps not being perfectly even when using the 0-255 numbers. Whenever I looked at the 1% steps in the info pallet in
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2015-02-04 by John Labovitz
IÆve got a 4000 that I bought used for $100 because it had a bad magenta channel. I used it for years with a 4- or 5-tone QTR setup, and mostly it worked
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2015-02-04 by William Moritz
Since this has been brought up, I have a 4000 Pro with a clogged/bad yellow head. I have tried all of the usual steps to get it working all to no avail. That
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2015-02-04 by doc_in_bc@...
You know, Catherine, I don t know. However, I will delete and start over. Thanks for your response. I ll let you know what happens. Cheers Doug
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2015-02-04 by Roy Harrington
Hi Michael, You ve got a lot of stuff that you ve changed so its pretty hard to tell anything for sure. But if you want to run on Yosemite, you ve got to have
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2015-02-03 by Roy Harrington
I guess I have to jump in here. There are a lot of little gotcha s in making accurate targets -- or even what accurate means. The first issue is that 8-bit
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2015-02-03 by Catherine Costolo
Doug, I think that on a Mac you have to uninstall the printer and then reinstall it before you try to install the curves. Did you do that? I know it is so
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2015-02-03 by richard@...
I just looked at the target I created with the numbers in my previous post. I brought it into photoshop, assigned sRGB, and then converted to GG2.2. Both the
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2015-02-03 by Ernst Dinkla
The created RGB target can be printed through QTR as well, it will act as a greyscale. At least that is what I recall. For conversion you could assign AdobeRGB
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2015-02-03 by Stefan Christiansen
Obviously the CMYK question sounds silly. I m doing some printing tests with Icefields. Icefields Halftones - Isis Imaging Corporation I know bitmap is not
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2015-02-03 by Nigel Richards
Hi, With my 1500W which is the same as a 1430 I have the same problem when using BO , one reason why I am keeping my old 1270 which seems less prone to it.
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2015-02-03 by doc_in_bc@...
When running the installation script for curves, I am get the error messages below. I am logged in as admin. The result - no curves showing up in Quadtone
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2015-02-03 by jeff.grant@...
Thanks Richard. I used CMYK in ColorPort originally. It s probably my lack of understanding but, once I convert to GG in PS, the histogram readout is not
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2015-02-03 by richard@...
You can make custom targets with the RGB values in ColorPort and then convert it to greyscale afterward and then print through QTR. You can paste this below
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2015-02-03 by jeff.grant@...
I want to create a test patch file with K of 0-10 and 90-100 which I can then measure. Using Colorport or i1P, I can make the target but it s in CMYK. If I
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2015-02-03 by richard@...
From all I have read it is something to do with the paper feed rollers and differences in how the epson driver and qtr dithers the inks near the leading and
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2015-02-03 by asharpe@...
Hmm. I didn t have this problem with the Epson inkset and the Mac Epson driver, though. Only with BO and QTR. Andrew On Mon, February 2, 2015 4:59 pm,
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2015-02-03 by richard@...
It is not just with the BO workflow. Printing through QTR with any ink set or any number of partitions with this little guy requires a a full inch of top and
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2015-02-02 by asharpe@...
Hi folks, I ve just converted my 1430 into a BO printer, the same way I did my 1400. I m using QTR to drive it. On a tiny 4 x6 test print, the microbanding
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2015-02-02 by Mark Savoia
I have been down this road. Jon set me up on my 4900 with only 5 good nozzles for digital negs. It works fine. Mark www.stillrivereditions.com
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2015-02-02 by jon@...
Hi Bart, We met at Photokina! It may have been me that suggested this to you. We are mapping out bad channels on X900 and X890 printers by customizing our K7
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2015-02-02 by gilaprint@...
So far I have been unable to get the quadtone Print Tool work with a Yosemite up date would appreciate any help. I updated my Mac Pro with a new SSD to run the
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2015-02-01 by richard@...
Can you email me your last few measurement files of your 21 step target and your unlinearized .quad file that you used to print it (you could send your
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2015-02-01 by richard@...
My response from a few days ago didn t show up, and am just now getting back to this. You need to relinearize every time you change the settings the ink
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