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> If you have a printer with eight inks then the 8 ink tiff separation file is the one you should use.
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> A couple more points. You must have your Color Settings in CS5 set for the color space you plan to use. You do this in File>Color Settings.
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> Let's assume you have the settings for Adobe RGB (1998) for color and Gray Gamma 2.2 for gray.
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> When you open the RGB ink separation file and go to Edit> Assign Profile you will be presented with three options. 1. Don't color manage this document. 2. Working RGB: Adobe RBG (1998), and 3. Assign Profile. (list of options). Make sure you select Option #2, not #3.
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> If you do that and follow the rest of Alan's directions the ink separation file should print as it should with CS5 and OS 10.6.8.
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> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "bkeesinguk" <bkeesinguk@> wrote:
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> > Hi Alan,
> > I will send some screen shots thought soon. Can you please confirm what inkseparation file you are printing? I was using the inkseparation8.tif from the images folder as this has the 8 inks for the epson 4800.
> > On a slightly different note, the epson driver works pretty well. I custom profiled the paper i use using the 51 step grey tif and load this profile in CS5 when printing. Results are amazing!! Am I going to see better results with QTR?
> > Thanks
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> > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Alan Vlach <alanvlach@> wrote:
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> > > can you send screen shots of the print dialog boxes?
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> > > On Feb 13, 2012, at 1:33 PM, bkeesinguk wrote:
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> > > > Thanks for the reply but this does not work either?? I get all sorts of colours across each band. For instance the cyan band starts with a green then goes to blue then brown then purple then magenta??
> > > > The rest of the bands are similar? Strange
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> > > > Can anyone help??
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> > > > Thanks
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> > > > --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Alan Vlach <alanvlach@> wrote:
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> > > > > This works for me with 10.6.8 and Photoshop CS5:
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> > > > > Open the ink separation page and assign a profile of Adobe RGB (1998)
> > > > > Print from Photoshop with the following settings:
> > > > > Document : (Profile: Adobe RGB (1998))
> > > > > Color Handling: Photoshop Manages Colors
> > > > > Printer Profile: Adobe RGB(1998)
> > > > > Rendering Intent: Relative Colorimetric
> > > > > Black Point Compensation: Off
> > > > > Do use the calibration mode in the QTR dialog box.
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> > > > > Good luck
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> > > > > On Feb 11, 2012, at 11:41 AM, bkeesinguk wrote:
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> > > > > > Hi, I am new to QTR and have a couple of issues. Firstly I am using a Mac with 10.6.8 with epson pro 4800.
> > > > > > I am wanting to print the inkseparation.psd to establish the ink limits. All the inkseperation files in the images folder seem to have magenta lines and not there proper colours? Am I missing something here?
> > > > > > When opening the tif or psd file they do not have any embedded profile so do I leave as is?
> > > > > > Also can you please confirm that you print this using the calibration setting from the QTR 4800 printer setings?
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> > > > > > Thanks
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