QTR-Quadtone RIP

Another dumb newbie question....

Ok, from browsing the messages, I see that there is a QTRIP tool for
generating ICC profiles, to use for soft proofing within photoshop (or
other image editing software).  

So, just where does one find this tool?  And what
documentation/instruction/information is available on how best to use it?

And, while I'm at it...  there seems to be a lot more to QTRIP than
what is readily available through the QTRIP-GUI.  Where can I get
documentation on the features of direct access (command line, I
presume) to QTRIP?

Thanks and regards,
Dave Keasey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of davidkeasey
> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:38 AM
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Quadtone RIP ICC tool....
> 
> Another dumb newbie question....
> 

Look in the QTR folder in the Windows Program Files folder. There are 2
sources of info. The ICC folder has some older generic profiles and some
associated information. The EyeOne folder has the QTR_Create_ICC utility and
some other files and documentation. If you have an Eye-1 reflective
spectrophotometer, you're all set. If you use a densitometer or other
spectro you'll need to do a little more digging to get it working, but it's
quite doable. Look in the files section of this list for more resources.

As for command line usage, QTRgui provides access to all features I can
think of, other than ICC profiling.

Tom Moore

Thanks, Tom!

I had just about figured that out when your reply came through... 
Since I don't have a densitometer, I guess the profiling issue will
have to wait. I suppose I could try to wing it using a scanner and the
photoshop color sampler tool, but I suspect the small differences at
either end of the scale would result in big frustrations.

The workflow possibilities with this RIP are better than I had
originally hoped... I just have to get my curves right (and fix the
leaky print cartridge that is currently plaguing me), and I will be
able to get back to the black & white prints that I loved so much when
I once had my own darkroom.

Being able to put Qimage into the workflow is a real plus.  I can do
virtually all the image manipulation within photoshop, then save it as
a TIFF, without losing pixels or getting involved with photoshop
resizing issues.  With Qimage, I can non-destructively crop, set a
mild final sharpening, use a pretty good resizing algorithm, and then
print the image to a file.  And it looks like I can set up QTRGUI to
monitor the folder where the file goes from Qimage, and automatically
print it.  

Yes, I am pretty happy with QTRip thus far!

I'm sure I will have lots more questions as I progress along the
learning curve, but right now I'm just happy to be able to make really
decent black and white prints.

Dave Keasey

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Moore" <r.t.moore@r...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of davidkeasey
> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:38 AM
> > To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Quadtone RIP ICC tool....
> > 
> > Another dumb newbie question....
> > 
> 
> Look in the QTR folder in the Windows Program Files folder. There are 2
> sources of info. The ICC folder has some older generic profiles and some
> associated information. The EyeOne folder has the QTR_Create_ICC
utility and
> some other files and documentation. If you have an Eye-1 reflective
> spectrophotometer, you're all set. If you use a densitometer or other
> spectro you'll need to do a little more digging to get it working,
but it's

> quite doable. Look in the files section of this list for more resources.
> 
> As for command line usage, QTRgui provides access to all features I can
> think of, other than ICC profiling.
> 
> Tom Moore
>