From: Dileepa Wijesundera <dileepa@...>
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 10:09:35 AM
Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Calibrating for Ultrachrome inks
Jorge/Susan
Try and read up threads by Randy Ranchier, he went through the basics
with me and out me out of misery. I managed to understand most of it
except use of GLOP. Randy's messages will help you.
Dileepa
On 7-Mar-09, at 11:58 AM, jorge caruso wrote:
> I think you are not alone with this problem Susan.
> I also would like to understand the process as I understand the whys
> and whens of the Zone System.
> After using lots of ink and paper trying to figure out how to use
> QTR properly I quit.
> I still read the postings hoping that some day through reading and
> reading I'll be enlightened ("aha!!!") but am not using this product
> just now.
> I also suspect (after reading their postings) that some people are
> not using it efficiently and probably wrong. Just doing "something"
> with it.
>
> May I join you in your request for a guide **for beginners**?
>
> As a general idea:
> For example the Spyder3 Print. They have an AWESOME guide.
> It is very well structured. **You understand what you are doing.**
>
> Something like that, just a .pdf, without the bells and whistles?
>
> Jorge
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: slcphoto73 <slchapin@earthlink. net>
> To: QuadtoneRIP@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 12:42:12 AM
> Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Calibrating for Ultrachrome inks
>
> Please let me butt in here. What is missing, and what I would dearly
> love to have, is a guide **for beginners** on how and when to
> calibrate and linearize (and everything else one can do with QTR).
>
> I've used QTR without the calibration/ linearization using Epson
> inksets, and read what information I can find, and I am quite sure I
> am not making the best use of the product. Unfortunately all the
> guides and other howto information I can find are rather sketchy and
> generally assume you already understand the process and why and when
> to use it.
>
> Wouldn't someone like to invest an evening in writing up a
> description newbies can follow? For both Windows and Mac? Please
> pretty please?
>
> - susan
>
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@ yahoogroups. com, John Labovitz <johnl@...> wrote:
> >
> > Can you describe a bit more what problems you're having? Have you
> > already figured out the ink limits? Are you just looking to
> linearize?
> >
> > --John
> >
> >
> > On 5 Mar 2009, at 3:55 PM, michaeldsji wrote:
> >
> > > I'd like to add to my original post:
> > >
> > > It seems that the 26-page "Quad Tone RIP User Guide" also
> available
> > > from the QuadtoneRip web site is the most complete guide to the
> > > Calibration and Linearization process. However I find that it is
> (a)
> > > not Mac-oriented and thus somewhat difficult to translate some of
> > > the steps, and (b) almost 4 years old and maybe not up-to-date
> with
> > > the current downloads and software/hardware changes.
> > >
> > > A friend of mine and I spent hours pulling our hair out trying to
> > > work through even printing our first set of calibration prints
> until
> > > we realized whole pages in the guide could be skipped by just
> > > opening up the Ink Pattern Page in Pshop and using the Print
> command
> > > to proceed. Ouch!
> > >
> > > The "Basic Tutorial QuadTone RIP on Mac OS X" guide is very useful
> > > but only covers the printing of an image through Pshop and the
> > > QuadTone driver. It stops short of calibration and linearization.
> > >
> > > So... I just wanted to append my previous message to let you all
> > > know that I am familiar with these guides but have found them to
> be
> > > tough to understand and translate, and somewhat of a dead-end
> for me.
> > >
> > > Again, thank you for any help and assistance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------ --------- --------- ------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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