QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi Folks,

I apologize if this post seems a little behind the curve. I started using QTR with v2.3.1, 
spent a lot of time creating custom profiles, and have been very happy to stick there and 
get great results for some time now.

Until yesterday.

I moved my primary imaging system from a PowerPC-based G5 to an Intel-based Mac Pro. 
Now I cannot access the QTR pane in the Mac OS X (10.4.10, fully up-to-date) print dialog. 
I'm dead. (Or I need to relegate my old machine to nothing but a life support printing 
system...)

I have scrubbed through the ReadMe files for all versions of QTR since 2.3.1 on the QTR 
web site, and also looked through the most recent version of the Tutorial PDF that is there, 
and I see nothing about QTR being updated in any version since 2.3.1 to support Intel-
based Mac OS X platforms (or more recent versions of the Mac OS Print dialog).

Yet, I can clearly see from some of the most recent posts that some of you are using QTR 
with Mac Pro machines.

Can someone please tell me what version of QTR introduced support for Intel Macs? I know 
I should probably upgrade to the current version if I am going to upgrade at all, but I do 
have one very real concern, and that is that I would very much prefer to keep my existing 
curve data and custom ICC profiles -- I spent a great deal of time and effort getting these 
right, and I really do not want to throw that work away and start over from scratch. If I can 
upgrade to an available version that allows me to keep my 2.3.1-based curves & ICC 
profiles, and gain full function of QTR on the Mac Pro 10.4.10 platform, that would be 
ideal.

Thanks in advance,
/eddie

PS: Sorry, I didn't think to say in my original posting that QTR 2.3.1 had been working 
perfectly for me even on Mac OS X 10.4.10 on my PowerPC-based system, and my new Intel-
based system was built to mirror my PowerPC-based system's configuration. This is why my 
question indicates that I believe my problem lies in QTR 2.3.1 not working properly on the 
Intel 10.4.10 platform.

I will also go on to say that QTR 2.3.1 installed on the Intel machine just fine and the install 
script completed just fine. It's just that the Print dialog will not allow access to the QTR pane. 
My Epson 7600 UC printer driver suffered the same fate, but fortunately Epson had an 
updated printer driver available specifically for Intel Macs that fixed the problem for the 
printer, and so I am assuming something similar needs to occur for QTR.

Thanks again,
/eddie

I have been experimenting with Arcsoft panoramic stitching software and have
run into a problem where QTR just prints a black rectangle. I create the
panoramic image, save as a TIFF file, open in Photoshop and convert to
grayscale (making sure there are no layers etc). Adjust the image, size and
sharpen and save as a new TIFF file. Print from Photoshop to an Epson R1800
works OK, output from QTR a black box the size of the image. 
 
I am using version 2.4.2 of QTR and really hoping to get this to work as I
do not like the B&W output using the Epson drivers. Any thoughts or helpful
tips?
 
Thanks
 
Mike


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This sort of problem is ususaly due to TIFF format problems. Check for
things like compression and alpha channels. Save the file in as simple a
format as possible.


- Stephen
stephen.sbillard.org

-----Original Message-----
From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Mike Kirwan
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:18 AM
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR 2.4.2 Prints a Black Image

I have been experimenting with Arcsoft panoramic stitching software and have
run into a problem where QTR just prints a black rectangle. I create the
panoramic image, save as a TIFF file, open in Photoshop and convert to
grayscale (making sure there are no layers etc). Adjust the image, size and
sharpen and save as a new TIFF file. Print from Photoshop to an Epson R1800
works OK, output from QTR a black box the size of the image. 
 
I am using version 2.4.2 of QTR and really hoping to get this to work as I
do not like the B&W output using the Epson drivers. Any thoughts or helpful
tips?
 
Thanks
 
Mike


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I had a similar issue and if I remember correctly it was the .tif 
interleave that caused the problem. The save dialog box offers 
RRRGGGBBB or RGBRGBRGB. Using the latter solved the problem. At least 
that is a starting point.


--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Billard" <stephen@...> 
wrote:
>
> This sort of problem is ususaly due to TIFF format problems. Check 
for
> things like compression and alpha channels. Save the file in as 
simple a
> format as possible.
> 
> 
> - Stephen
> stephen.sbillard.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike Kirwan
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:18 AM
> To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] QTR 2.4.2 Prints a Black Image
> 
> I have been experimenting with Arcsoft panoramic stitching software 
and have
> run into a problem where QTR just prints a black rectangle. I 
create the
> panoramic image, save as a TIFF file, open in Photoshop and convert 
to
> grayscale (making sure there are no layers etc). Adjust the image, 
size and
> sharpen and save as a new TIFF file. Print from Photoshop to an 
Epson R1800
> works OK, output from QTR a black box the size of the image. 
>  
> I am using version 2.4.2 of QTR and really hoping to get this to 
work as I
> do not like the B&W output using the Epson drivers. Any thoughts or 
helpful

> tips?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Mike
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
> 
>  
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>