QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi John,

Thanks for sharing your ideas on this issue.  I have not created any
curves and am using the curves provided with QTR or posted on this forum
(Ilford Smooth Pearl). Also, I am using a Windows XP system, so I have
to convert the file to the ICC profile in Photoshop that I want to
print. Sorry, but I am new to QTR and  am a little confused by your
suggestions.

> Firstly strip the linearization out of the stock profiles you would
like to use, then reinstall
> them.

Are you referring to QTR curves when using the word "profiles"? (I think
of profiles as ICC profiles). If so, then to strip out the
linearization, do you mean to open the curve in QTR Curve Creator and
under the linearization tab clear the numbers? To reinstall, does this
mean save the adjusted curve or does it mean use the "create curve"
button?

> Print the 21 step ramp with QTR and selected paper profile.

Here do you mean,  to convert the image to  a different output space icc
profile, such as the  QTR Gray Photo paper? Or do you mean to use the
original QTR curve (with the original linearization numbers)?

> Read the 21 patches and place linearization results back into the
stripped profiles. (You
> have to drop the text file into one of the QTR scripts for
linearization results...forgot which
> script...not at my main computer.) Reinstall this new profile using
the install script.

What do you mean by "using the install script". I have no "install
script" file in the QTR folder.

> To build ICC profiles...
>
> Print the 21 step ramp with all settings same as above using the new
linearized QTR
> profile. Do not color manage...yet!

What is the difference between the "QTR-Linearize-Data" and the
"QTR-Create-ICC" scripts in the eye-one folder?

Thanks for all of your help

Ken