QTR-Quadtone RIP

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Michael King" <drmrking@...> wrote:
> > Qu1: I have had real trouble getting the MeasureTool to read the
> > Step-21x4-random.tif in strip mode. First time round I kept getting
> > too many errors. Second time (with the tif file printed with the
> > linearised curves) I had some success, but there were some rows where
> > I kept being told that the software could not recognise the boundary
> > strips. Does this sort of thing happen a lot? Are there any tips of
> > avoiding it? I tried just about everything.
> 
> You have to be careful to start and stop after the strip. I marked
up my i1
> ruler to show where I need to start and stop.
> after that reading was much more reliable. Also run the i1 smoothly
and not
> too fast across the strip.

I assume that you mean start just before the strip and finish just
after.  In your experience, is it sensitive to how far before and
after?  I thought I tried all these variations, but will try again.  

I assume also that it's sensitive to smoothness, but how sensitive is
it to speed?
 
>    Qu2: I realise that you can convert the L values to density, but is
> > there any easy way to get the MeasureTool with the i1 to give density
> > readouts? I'd like to be able to measure dMax directly, and some
> > posts that I've read here imply that you can using the MeasureTool and
> > the i1.
> 
> Yes use spot measurement and select densitometric.

I don't seem to have that option.  Is that because it is not longer
enabled in the demo (5.0.8), or because I only installed the
MeasureTool, and should have also installed some other components of PM5?

Ferdinand