QTR-Quadtone RIP

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> I've been using QTR to produce platinum prints for quite a number of years and I am very impressed with the match I now have between my screen and the final print.
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> Recently, I've been pondering whether or not it would be even better if I could soft proof for the colour of the process too. For example, if I wanted to look at an image on my monitor as a straight palladium print, developed in potassium oxalate on Arches Platine I could just apply a pre-calibrated RGB curve to the image to see if I was satisfied with the tones of the proof before finally committing the image to paper.
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> I realise that this may require a few test charts for each combination of variables. But could anyone help me with the practical part of measuring and creating the appropriate RGB curves? I do have a scanner but would prefer not to have to but an expensive colorimeter.
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> Many thanks!   
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> --Tony McLean
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> Hi Tony.
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> My name is Kentaro Kumagai.(www.digital-negatives.jp in japan)
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> I also tried. 
> "ICC profile Soft Proofing" is made using a scanner. 
> My scanner is Epson Perfection V750 Pro. 
> But The accuracy of the color was low.
> I used colormunki photo. This is wonderful. 
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> This is Platinum Print ICC profile for soft proofing.
> http://www.digital-negatives.jp/download_platinum_print.html#soft-proof
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> How to create ICC profile. Useing colormunki & QTR-Create-ICC-RGB
> http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/bw_printing/bw_print_colormunki.html
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> How to create ICC profile. Useing QTR-Create-ICC-RGB (Japanese)
> http://www.digital-negatives.jp/blog/?p=481
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> 
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "mcleananthony69" <tony.mclean@> wrote:
> >
> > I've been using QTR to produce platinum prints for quite a number of years and I am very impressed with the match I now have between my screen and the final print.
> > 
> > Recently, I've been pondering whether or not it would be even better if I could soft proof for the colour of the process too. For example, if I wanted to look at an image on my monitor as a straight palladium print, developed in potassium oxalate on Arches Platine I could just apply a pre-calibrated RGB curve to the image to see if I was satisfied with the tones of the proof before finally committing the image to paper.
> > 
> > I realise that this may require a few test charts for each combination of variables. But could anyone help me with the practical part of measuring and creating the appropriate RGB curves? I do have a scanner but would prefer not to have to but an expensive colorimeter.
> > 
> > Many thanks!   
> > 
> > --Tony McLean
> >
>