Re: Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-30 by brian_downunda@...
From that post I linked to, the two options are: OPTION (i) C: Program Files (x86) QuadToneRIP - the Quadtone sub-folder for quad files and the Profiles
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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-30 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
Yes, it generates a .quad file from the .qidf ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-29 by skapuskar@...
Hi Brian, small hijacking of the original post... There are in fact two options, one of which requires administrator rights. See this post:
Re: Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-29 by skapuskar@...
5. If .qidf files can be directly manipulated as text files, can one also directly run the install script in the relevant profiles folder with a double-click
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-29 by Simone Simoncini
Ps. I use mac, the info I have on windows are based on windows 7, I seldom use windows just for some special tasks Il lun 29 ott 2018, 21:58
Re: Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-29 by brian_downunda@...
1. My understanding is that qidf stands for QTR Ink Definition File, or something like that. 2. It is just a text file, and so ... 3. It could be edited in
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-29 by Simone Simoncini
Il lun 29 ott 2018, 21:58 david@davidkachel.com [QuadtoneRIP]
Re: Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-29 by richard@...
QIDF Quad ink descriptor file it is just a plain text file can be opened in something like notepad++, edited, saved. then it needs to be opened in QTRgui curve
Re: Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-29 by skapuskar@...
I teach workshops on digital negs using QTR, and I admit it is not hassle free to offer the full workflow seamless to both, PC and Mac users. Questions 1-6
macOS Mojave issues with Print-Tool
2018-10-29 by roy@...
Hi All Well Apple has come out with a new OS and there seem to be some issues with Print-Tool. Print-Tool has always supported .psd files directly -- this is
Need information from Windows platform QTR users...
2018-10-29 by david@...
I use QTR on a Mac but must provide some user information to Windows users in an upcoming book. My understanding is that while the Mac version uses a plain
PPE v2 is live
2018-10-29 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
Dear Piezography and QTR users. v2 of Piezography Professional Tools is now published. This includes an ICCv2 profiler to enable correct industry-standard
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-27 by Simone Simoncini
As far as I understand the problem here is to print with matte black only, cause is the only ink that washes away easily after exposure allowing the ink
Re: Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-26 by brian_downunda@...
I m not sure what constitutes Training Wheels for your target novices. You could start them on just printing B&W through the colour driver. When I ve tried
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by David Kachel
Oh, wonderful. First guy in the minefield! ;-) I don t suppose closing the platen gap would have any effect? On 10/26/18 1:20 PM,
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
Most likely nobody has ever significantly attempted to do this . . . you would probably be the first one. -W ... [Non-text portions of this message have been
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by David Kachel
Hmmmm. OK, changing roller pressure is an interesting possibility. How does one do that? On 10/26/18 11:18 AM, Walker Blackwell forums@walkerblackwell.com ...
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by Walker Blackwell
Oh. Well that explains it. This variable was not explained (or was it?). These printers are not built for that material. You will need to change the roller
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by David Kachel
Walker, I imagine so. What I am really printing on is a 50 micron thick dry photopolymer on a PETG plastic base. I have never see it on actual paper. On
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by Walker Blackwell
My suggestion to test with the epson driver was less about solving the problem but instead to hopefully eliminate a few variables to home in on the exact
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by David Kachel
Walker, Thanks, but I think we can safely rule those causes out. (I hope.) Until just a day or two ago, it was not possible to test with the Epson driver as
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
This may actually be more head-alignment and dither related than roller-related . . . verify head alignment and print with the epson driver (with a similar ink
Skidmarks & Railroad Tracks
2018-10-26 by david@...
I had such good luck with my question the other day, I thought I might push that luck with the big one . With Epson s smaller K3 printers, the ones that have
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-25 by Simone Simoncini
I see. My experience with Epson is that prior to the introduction of the abw, working on a 4000, I printed quite a bit of pictures using matte black only with
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-25 by David Kachel
Simone, I agree. What I am looking for is a set of training wheels I can offer to novices. QTR is absolutely the way to go. I also need to understand the
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-25 by Simone Simoncini
The 4000 and 4800 have the black only option. Yes it is black only. Still it is, imho, easier to rely on a bo curve with qtr. Il gio 25 ott 2018, 17:17 David
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-25 by David Kachel
Mick, That could mean MK plus LK and LLK, which won t work. Is it definitely black ONLY? ... -- David Kachel _________________________ Artist-Photographer Fine
Re: Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-25 by mick.sang@...
The 4900 and P5000 each has a black only capability.
Native macOS app for making, blending, and linearizing QTR curves
2018-10-25 by richard@...
I just released the companion app for my native macOS digital negative profiling software that works with positive prints. The ink limiting and toning controls
Re: Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-25 by brian_downunda@...
My understanding is that some of the smaller, desktop printers have a black-only or greyscale option. My R1900 that I use for Piezo has this. In the distant
Matte Black Only WITHOUT QTR
2018-10-25 by david@...
Hoping someone out there has the answer... Without using QTR or another RIP, how do I force an Epson K3 or better printer, mine is a 3880, to print an entire
Piezography Professional Edition v2
2018-10-24 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
Dear Piezography and QTR users. PPEv2 toolset drops on Monday. The features for calibrating QTR are too numerous to name so I’ll just put the feature page
Re: Problem Installing on Windows 10
2018-10-20 by Peter De Smidt
It looks like the problem was that a default printer was not selected. There are a bunch of printers on the network, and so perhaps QTR hung up trying to
Help & Favor !! Bruce Campbell
2018-10-19 by Bruce Campbell
How are you? I need a favor from you. I need to get an ITunes Gift Card for my Niece, Its her birthday but i can t do this now because I m currently
Re: Problem Installing on Windows 10
2018-10-19 by brian_downunda@...
I m replying because no-one else has. I don t often use W10, I m pretty much all on W7. I haven t seen this problem before in either OS. You ve chosen a
Problem Installing on Windows 10
2018-10-15 by Peter De Smidt
I d like to use QTR to print at the Digital Print Lab at UW Manitowoc. While QTR (and other things) are already loaded on the computer, I have to log into
Re: Error writing to Epson SC P800 / QTRGui
2018-10-07 by stephen@...
I have fixed this problem: I installed the OEM Epson software & updated the driver. (I d been trying to use the default Win 10 driver which I think was the
Error writing to Epson SC P800 / QTRGui
2018-10-06 by stephen@...
Hi I just installed a new Epson P800 on my Windows 10 PC. I then installed QTR. I cannot get it to print to the printer. I get this error: Error Writing To
Re: Demo - QuadToneProfiler-Quick Curve-DN
2018-09-30 by richard@...
Using my app does assume some basic QTR experience, but the instructions does go through the curve installation and printing the targets. I am planning on
Demo - QuadToneProfiler-Quick Curve-DN
2018-09-29 by daimone@...
I ve downloaded the demo, but I m frankly lost at the point where it talks about Printing the Linearization Target. Now, I own Quad Tone Rip and Print Tool,
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Using QTR and Epson k3 Inks for making digital negs on OHP
2018-09-24 by David Aimone
Wonderful! When I return home later this week I will give the Mac App a test drive. Thank you! David Aimone david@aimonephoto.com
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Using QTR and Epson k3 Inks for making digital negs on OHP
2018-09-24 by richard@...
I just released a big update to my QTR digital negative macOS app that now has a demo mode for people to try it out. You can see how the starter curves work,
Re: Creating an icc profile with a densiometer.
2018-09-21 by brian_downunda@...
You can regard the .quad file as a compiled version of the raw code in the .qidf file (.txt file on a Mac). The .qidf file contains the basic parameters that
Re: Creating an icc profile with a densiometer.
2018-09-21 by per@...
Well, I am just editing curves through the curve creator invocable from QTRgui on windows. When I look at the files that are loaded in the history of this
Re: Creating an icc profile with a densiometer.
2018-09-20 by brian_downunda@...
To be honest, if you re working with .qidf files .... I m not sure. I guess it s possible but I m not sure about the maths. Perhaps Roy or someone else could
Re: Creating an icc profile with a densiometer.
2018-09-20 by per@...
Thanks! Richard has a spreadsheet that does a similar conversion that I have used in the past---I just did not realize that it was luminousity linearity I was
Re: Creating an icc profile with a densiometer.
2018-09-19 by brian_downunda@...
Since it was I who put you up to this ... There is a spreadsheet made available by IJM for checking linearity, which has a tab for luminosity data and one for
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Creating an icc profile with a densiometer.
2018-09-19 by forums@walkerblackwell.com
This is showing as a curve because it is Density values (logarithmic). These density values correspond to pretty linear Luminance values though so you are ok.
Re: Creating an icc profile with a densiometer.
2018-09-19 by per@...
So I finally got around to linearizing an existing p800 paper curve by 1) taking an existing p800 paper curve, 2) removing the linearization part, 3) printing
Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Using QTR and Epson k3 Inks for making digital negs on OHP
2018-09-16 by deanwork2003@...
Richard, You are going to be very successful with this workflow if you do that. I know that about 3/4 of the people out there who would like to use QTR for