QTR-Quadtone RIP

hello alan,

which epson model are you using? i use the epson 4800 so i use the inkseperation.psd 
file.

i'm assuming you're using QTRgui. did you install the latest version of QTRgui?
you can pick up the latest version here: http://www.quadtonerip.com/qtrpc/
QTR_Setup_2.5.1.EXE.

while you're there, also pick up the User Guide by Tom Moore here: http://
www.quadtonerip.com/User%20Guide.pdf. this user guide is for QTRgui. i use QTR for the 
mac and i still found some useful information here. there is plenty of reading but be  
patient. you'll find most of the information here.

don't forget to check out the following Files area where you might find some helpful tools:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/files/Curves/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/files/Docs/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/files/Tools/

if this is not old news already, i hope this is helpful.

daniel

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "alan9990_6" <aansell@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been using a profiled colour Epson printer for a while now but
> this is my first attempt to get serious with Black and White. So
> please be gentle with me - I'm just proceeding with caution.
> 
> I've installed the software and read both the user guide and the pdf
> on calibration but fear I must have missed something.
> 
> Basically I want to create a profile to allow me to use a small gamut
> ink set (Lyson Small Gamut - 5 'greys' plus the printer black
> cartridge) with a range of papers. I can probably handle adapting the
> one initial profile to various papers, but the instructions as I've
> read them leave me confused.
> 
> I am instructed thus:
> 
> "Start with one of the existing printer and ink combinations in the
> Example-Inks folder. Duplicate the file and edit it to produce a
> complete quadtone curve set. This a simple plain text file that has a
> very simple format. Lines beginning with # are just comments and are
> ignored. All the important lines are simply VARIABLE=value. The
> variables are all given, the only changes that you should make are the
> values."
> 
> By 'example inks folder" I take it is meant the C:\Program
> Files\QuadToneRIP\Profiles folder?
> 
> So if I open one of these *.qidf files in a text editor, I am
> confronted with a whole bunch of parameters. How on earth am I
> expected to know which values to place in there?
> 
> Or have I already gone wrong? I have a decent ink set - widely
> recognised if not installed by default with the software. I'm getting
> a PrintFix Pro kit delivered, so will be able to measure outputs etc.
> 
> Can someone please point me in the right direction so that I can print
> out the Ink Pattern test page for my particular ink set?
> 
> Thanks
>