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Print-Tool paper / ink settings

Print-Tool paper / ink settings

2016-09-29 by stefanchristiansen@...

Hi all,

Printing with Print-Tool 1.1.0, I wonder if the Media Type setting - Photo Paper / Matte Paper - or the Black Ink setting - Installed / Matte Ink / Photo Ink - will actually change how the printer will print.
E.g., would the Ink setting affect the dithering, or conflict a different setting on the machine?
I'm using custom paper settings, with defined paper type, platen gap, feed A adjustment and drying time.

Thanks for your help.

Stefan


Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print-Tool paper / ink settings

2016-09-29 by Roy Harrington

Hi Stefan

First to clarify -- those settings are entirely in the QTR driver not a part of Print-Tool.
Way back for some old printers the Media selection could make some difference.
But currently this has no affect. Dithering is entirely in the driver -- I always
recommend Ordered, custom paper settings are in the printer and QTR driver does
not change them.

Roy

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 7:51 AM, stefanchristiansen@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Hi all,

Printing with Print-Tool 1.1.0, I wonder if the Media Type setting - Photo Paper / Matte Paper - or the Black Ink setting - Installed / Matte Ink / Photo Ink - will actually change how the printer will print.
E.g., would the Ink setting affect the dithering, or conflict a different setting on the machine?
I'm using custom paper settings, with defined paper type, platen gap, feed A adjustment and drying time.

Thanks for your help.

Stefan







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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print-Tool paper / ink settings

2016-09-29 by Stefan Christiansen

So Print-Tool's dialog boxes set the QTR driver.
Some active settings (resolution, manual rear feed, dither, etc…), some inactive settings (Black Ink, Media Type).
Thanks for clarifying.

Going around all the settings, I just noticed my "Color Matching" is on Color Sync!!!
When "System Managed" is checked, I thought it should be grayed and inactive with QuadToneRIP locked in it, and I stopped checking it every time I print.
Have things changed or am I going crazy?
Could the new Print-Tool download have affected the 1.1.0 version?

Stefan.

Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print-Tool paper / ink settings

2016-09-29 by Stefan Christiansen

The Color Sync / QuadToneRIP choice must have always been present, of course. My mistake.
But Print-Tool 1 remembers Print-Tool 2 settings, with Last Used Settings as preset… They must share some .plist?

Maybe a Color Matching reminder could be added in Print-Tool's right panel, in the Print Color Management section, if you do a next version?
It could be useful for dreamy people...


Stefan

Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Print-Tool paper / ink settings

2016-09-29 by Roy Harrington

Yes. Print-Tool 1 and 2 share a plist. Most things are remembered -- the one
difference is that the paper selections are done very differently in PT1&2.

The color management selections in Print-Tool are designed to be compatible
with how Photoshop has always done it -- so that's most of the reasons for how it works.

System Managed or Printer Managed hands off the options to the OS and
print driver so that's why Color Matching has choices.
Personally I think it makes most sense for all to use the No CM or the App CM
options -- especially for QTR driver but even with Epson driver. For you printing
to QTR driver I'd think No CM would be the easy way for you always to get
consistent results.

BTW, you said "So Print-Tool's dialog boxes set the QTR driver." Sort of -- so I
can see how this might seem true. But I think it's best to view the two levels of
dialogs as separate. Everything on the Print-Tool main page are Print-Tool selections, but
everything once you hit Print and see the Print dialog are driver and system selections.
Mostly they are completely independent except for the Color Matching grayed out
options when Print-Tool is controlling the CM.

Hope that helps to make it clearer,
Roy

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On Thursday, September 29, 2016, Stefan Christiansen stefanchristiansen@yahoo.com [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
The Color Sync / QuadToneRIP choice must have always been present, of course. My mistake.
But Print-Tool 1 remembers Print-Tool 2 settings, with Last Used Settings as preset… They must share some .plist?

Maybe a Color Matching reminder could be added in Print-Tool's right panel, in the Print Color Management section, if you do a next version?
It could be useful for dreamy people...


Stefan

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