QTR-Quadtone RIP

I tried Quadtone RIP in the past but didn't continuing using it. I
just installed 2.5.0.1 and tried printing from Photoshop CS3 to an
Epson 2200. My system is a Pentium 4, WinXP.

I was printing this morning direct to Epson, and was getting that
typical bluish-green cast, so I decided to give QTR another try.

Quadtone prints, but no image shows up.

I tried a file I had just printed direct to Epson. It's a 16 bit TIFF
with color removed but still RGB.  My print is a very neutral gray,
but there is no image. It just looks like one huge bar code--just
vertical gray stripes.

I tried the same file as 8 bit, grayscale, and used a different curve.
All I got was a complete, solid black.

In the QTRgui window, the image shows up normally in the little
preview window.

I didn't find a mention of this in the older messages in this group,
or in the troubleshooting area of the help files.

Stan Schwartz
www.tallgrassimages.com

I think the "all black" is caused by a TIF compression mode that is not 
supported.
When you Save the TIFF file use only the LZW compression not the ZIP or 
Jpeg compression.

Roy


On Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 11:37  AM, snsokstan wrote:

> I tried Quadtone RIP in the past but didn't continuing using it. I
> just installed 2.5.0.1 and tried printing from Photoshop CS3 to an
> Epson 2200. My system is a Pentium 4, WinXP.
>
> I was printing this morning direct to Epson, and was getting that
> typical bluish-green cast, so I decided to give QTR another try.
>
> Quadtone prints, but no image shows up.
>
> I tried a file I had just printed direct to Epson. It's a 16 bit TIFF
> with color removed but still RGB.  My print is a very neutral gray,
> but there is no image. It just looks like one huge bar code--just
> vertical gray stripes.
>
> I tried the same file as 8 bit, grayscale, and used a different curve.
> All I got was a complete, solid black.
>
> In the QTRgui window, the image shows up normally in the little
> preview window.
>
> I didn't find a mention of this in the older messages in this group,
> or in the troubleshooting area of the help files.
>
> Stan Schwartz
> www.tallgrassimages.com
>
>
-
Roy Harrington
roy@...
Black & White Photo Gallery
http://www.harrington.com

It sounds like a TIFF format that QTR does not support. Sounds like the RGB
might be interleaved. You can try saving the file and checking the settings. 


-Stephen
 www.sbillard.org/Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of snsokstan
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 12:38 PM
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Trying Quadtone RIP: troubleshooting why no image appears

I tried Quadtone RIP in the past but didn't continuing using it. I just
installed 2.5.0.1 and tried printing from Photoshop CS3 to an Epson 2200. My
system is a Pentium 4, WinXP.

I was printing this morning direct to Epson, and was getting that typical
bluish-green cast, so I decided to give QTR another try.

Quadtone prints, but no image shows up.

I tried a file I had just printed direct to Epson. It's a 16 bit TIFF with color
removed but still RGB.  My print is a very neutral gray, but there is no image.
It just looks like one huge bar code--just vertical gray stripes.

I tried the same file as 8 bit, grayscale, and used a different curve.
All I got was a complete, solid black.

In the QTRgui window, the image shows up normally in the little preview window.

I didn't find a mention of this in the older messages in this group, or in the
troubleshooting area of the help files.

Stan Schwartz
www.tallgrassimages.com





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