Where are you supposed to be able to use the curve descriptor files?? I successfully set these up and used them in an older OS but it's been a few years now and I have not been able to get it to work with this new install.? When they are working correctly should they show up in the area indicated with the red box below?
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Re: Registration Marks With PrintTool
Michael, you mentioned printing uv blocking borders in PS. I use to do this and it worked great for my platinum/palladium printing. For some reason this no longer works. By not working I mean that the borders no longer seem to block the uv enough to achieve a clean border even though I can achieve a paper white within the image. I have not been able to figure out why.
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There appears to be some variation in the thickness of mat board. Currently, I make my carriers using a solid 2-ply for the base and then another 2-ply with a cut-out window to hold the plate. It probably wouldn’t hurt to have something thinner on the bottom as long as it has some rigidity. I know Dave Marsh makes really cool carriers using thin aluminum sheets for the bottom. And some people are able to print their plates without any carrier at all - although when I have tried doing this the plate skids and I end up with a mess.?
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On Jan 4, 2025, at 10:14?AM, Joe Smith via groups.io <smithfoto59@...> wrote:
Hello Clay
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I have just received a pack of 2 ply matt board from Archival Methods and would like to ask the following question. Is the carrier fashioned out of 2 sheets of 2 ply board? One as a base and the
other one with the cut-out window? Or should the base be of a thinner material? I have measured the thickness of 2 boards together and this works out at 1.43mm (not 1.27mm).?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks and a Happy New Year to all.
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Hello Clay
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I have just received a pack of 2 ply matt board from Archival Methods and would like to ask the following question. Is the carrier fashioned out of 2 sheets of 2 ply board? One as a base and the
other one with the cut-out window? Or should the base be of a thinner material? I have measured the thickness of 2 boards together and this works out at 1.43mm (not 1.27mm).?
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks and a Happy New Year to all.
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Re: Registration Marks With PrintTool
Thanks Greg and Michael. I will go back to creating them in PS. I just thought there might be a simple way to do it in PT that I wasn’t finding.
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Re: Registration Marks With PrintTool
As Greg pointed out you can add registration marks via PS onto your image file by increasing the canvas (and depending upon your process also print UV blocking “strips” around the image perimeter to hide brush marks).? You could also create a separate “registration image” file and place it, along with your image file within Print Tool.
Another way, depending upon your registration requirements is to use the text tool with Print Tool.? For example, you can use this function to print a * or + around the corners outside of your print that function as registration marks.
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Re: Registration Marks With PrintTool
I just add them manually in photoshop.?
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On Jan 3, 2025, at 8:06?PM, Larry Huhn via groups.io <lehuhn@...> wrote:
? Can anyone here tell me if there is a way to print registration marks directly from PrintTool? I can do it from the Epson driver but I am not seeing a way to do this with PrintTool.
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Registration Marks With PrintTool
Can anyone here tell me if there is a way to print registration marks directly from PrintTool? I can do it from the Epson driver but I am not seeing a way to do this with PrintTool.
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Yikes, that is costly. But they all are these days.
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They are beasts. The front loading procedure is a little twitchy, but it works with an appropriate sprinkling of curse words. We had a DTP workshop last summer where a participant brought one to calibrate.?
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On Dec 28, 2024, at 3:19?PM, Christina Z. Anderson via groups.io <christinazanderson@...> wrote:
DM, It is not for the faint of heart. Look at how big it is compared to the P900. 200 ml cartridges, too so initial ink purchase is $1000. Chris <image001.jpg> ? Will be interested to learn how you like the P5370s.?
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DM,
It is not for the faint of heart. Look at how big it is compared to the P900. 200 ml cartridges, too so initial ink purchase is $1000.
Chris
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Will be interested to learn how you like the P5370s.?
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Anyone working with P9570?
I have access to a P9570 and would like to try making some larger negs. Has anyone found a way to make this work? I checked the threads and only found one person who also was wanting to work with a P9570.
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I was successfully able to add the printer using the "InstallP9500.command" within the QuadToneRIP Profiles (in Apps), but... I have no idea if the P9500 and P9570 are similar.
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Anyone?
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The software/apps I typically use are:
- Use QuadToneRIP
- PrintTool
- QCDN
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Will be interested to learn how you like the P5370s.?
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Thanks, Roy; will try that! Now if I could only get the P5370 OFF the roll paper feed. Always one thing after another.
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Christina Z. Anderson
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Montana State University
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Just rename script to InstallP5370=P900.command
This will find P5370 printer but use P900 driver.?
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On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 2:00?PM Christina Z. Anderson via
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We’ve switched to the Epson P5370 at work due to the P900s having such severe pizza wheel issues as to make both printers unusable for all but the busiest of images..
No luck being able to install QTR for the P5370.
Op sys attached.
Error message attached.
I’ve named it P5000, P5300 series, P5370, none work.
I’ve re-installed QTR 3x.
I’ve turned on and off printer.
I’ve made sure all permissions are read/write on the folders from Library to quadtone to quads.
Any ideas?
Someone on this list had no problem using P900 profiles on this printer, either, and I do notice the inks are the same except VLM is LM and VM is M…hope that is not an issue.
Chris
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Hi Chris?
Just rename script to InstallP5370=P900.command
This will find P5370 printer but use P900 driver.? Roy
On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 2:00?PM Christina Z. Anderson via <christinazanderson= [email protected]> wrote:
We’ve switched to the Epson P5370 at work due to the P900s having such severe pizza wheel issues as to make both printers unusable for all but the busiest of images..
No luck being able to install QTR for the P5370.
Op sys attached.
Error message attached.
I’ve named it P5000, P5300 series, P5370, none work.
I’ve re-installed QTR 3x.
I’ve turned on and off printer.
I’ve made sure all permissions are read/write on the folders from Library to quadtone to quads.
Any ideas?
Someone on this list had no problem using P900 profiles on this printer, either, and I do notice the inks are the same except VLM is LM and VM is M…hope that is not an issue.
Chris
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We’ve switched to the Epson P5370 at work due to the P900s having such severe pizza wheel issues as to make both printers unusable for all but the busiest of images..
No luck being able to install QTR for the P5370.
Op sys attached.
Error message attached.
I’ve named it P5000, P5300 series, P5370, none work.
I’ve re-installed QTR 3x.
I’ve turned on and off printer.
I’ve made sure all permissions are read/write on the folders from Library to quadtone to quads.
Any ideas?
Someone on this list had no problem using P900 profiles on this printer, either, and I do notice the inks are the same except VLM is LM and VM is M…hope that is not an issue.
Chris
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Re: newby question about printing digital neagtives with QTR on PC
Duhhh! Thanks for pointing that out. I am not sure how I missed it. So many settings, so little time....??
QTR on a Mac (14.7 - 15.2): Front feed is selected via: Printer Options > QuadToneRIP > Paper Feed. This works in Print Tool.? On Dec 20, 2024, at 7:18?PM, Criss Hartzell via <hartzell.1946= [email protected]> wrote:
I am making digital negatives and need some help. I will explain below how I got?to this place,?but my immediate question is this: I created a .quad curve on a Mac using Richard Boutwell's Quad Tone Profiler. I want to use this curve to print on a P900 using QTR on a?PC. The GUI in QTR v2.8.2 does not accept 10 inks. Can I simply edit the .quad file by deleting the V and MK curves to make it work with QTR? Or do I need to run QTR .exe files from the command window? If so, which .exe file should?I run and what are the command arguments to identify the printer, paper, feed, etc?
Ok, so why am I trying to print with the PC? I have two Macs, one running iOS 14.7 and one running iOS 10.14. I cannot get either of these to print using the QTR Print-Tool 2.3.4 with the front feed on my Epson P900. I continually get an error saying that "The paper do not match the settings on the printer." I suspect that this is because Print-tool does not have any options for selecting the front/rear feed or the type of paper, so the printer is confused. When I print from the PC using QTR, I have both feed and paper options available.?
I can print from the Mac using Print-Tool if I use the top feed, but I prefer the front feed because the quality of the digital negatives looks better. Although I do not have serious problems with pizza wheel marks, there is some banding and unevenness with the top feed - especially with negatives that need heavier ink loads for carbon transfer printing. It is less of an issue with Palladium. The negatives printed with the front feed - No Eject - are better.
Any advice would be welcome.?
Criss Hartzell LuminousAlchemyArt.com
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Re: newby question about printing digital neagtives with QTR on PC
QTR on a Mac (14.7 - 15.2): Front feed is selected via: Printer Options > QuadToneRIP > Paper Feed. This works in Print Tool.?
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On Dec 20, 2024, at 7:18?PM, Criss Hartzell via groups.io <hartzell.1946@...> wrote:
I am making digital negatives and need some help. I will explain below how I got?to this place,?but my immediate question is this: I created a .quad curve on a Mac using Richard Boutwell's Quad Tone Profiler. I want to use this curve to print on a P900 using QTR on a?PC. The GUI in QTR v2.8.2 does not accept 10 inks. Can I simply edit the .quad file by deleting the V and MK curves to make it work with QTR? Or do I need to run QTR .exe files from the command window? If so, which .exe file should?I run and what are the command arguments to identify the printer, paper, feed, etc?
Ok, so why am I trying to print with the PC? I have two Macs, one running iOS 14.7 and one running iOS 10.14. I cannot get either of these to print using the QTR Print-Tool 2.3.4 with the front feed on my Epson P900. I continually get an error saying that "The paper do not match the settings on the printer." I suspect that this is because Print-tool does not have any options for selecting the front/rear feed or the type of paper, so the printer is confused. When I print from the PC using QTR, I have both feed and paper options available.?
I can print from the Mac using Print-Tool if I use the top feed, but I prefer the front feed because the quality of the digital negatives looks better. Although I do not have serious problems with pizza wheel marks, there is some banding and unevenness with the top feed - especially with negatives that need heavier ink loads for carbon transfer printing. It is less of an issue with Palladium. The negatives printed with the front feed - No Eject - are better.
Any advice would be welcome.?
Criss Hartzell LuminousAlchemyArt.com
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newby question about printing digital neagtives with QTR on PC
I am making digital negatives and need some help. I will explain below how I got?to this place,?but my immediate question is this: I created a .quad curve on a Mac using Richard Boutwell's Quad Tone Profiler. I want to use this curve to print on a P900 using QTR on a?PC. The GUI in QTR v2.8.2 does not accept 10 inks. Can I simply edit the .quad file by deleting the V and MK curves to make it work with QTR? Or do I need to run QTR .exe files from the command window? If so, which .exe file should?I run and what are the command arguments to identify the printer, paper, feed, etc?
Ok, so why am I trying to print with the PC? I have two Macs, one running iOS 14.7 and one running iOS 10.14. I cannot get either of these to print using the QTR Print-Tool 2.3.4 with the front feed on my Epson P900. I continually get an error saying that "The paper do not match the settings on the printer." I suspect that this is because Print-tool does not have any options for selecting the front/rear feed or the type of paper, so the printer is confused. When I print from the PC using QTR, I have both feed and paper options available.?
I can print from the Mac using Print-Tool if I use the top feed, but I prefer the front feed because the quality of the digital negatives looks better. Although I do not have serious problems with pizza wheel marks, there is some banding and unevenness with the top feed - especially with negatives that need heavier ink loads for carbon transfer printing. It is less of an issue with Palladium. The negatives printed with the front feed - No Eject - are better.
Any advice would be welcome.?
Criss Hartzell LuminousAlchemyArt.com
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Re: sawtooth measurements in scan mode
#problems
I got it working. Happy days. Thanks for your help Walker!
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I think mainly wot did it was buying a new - good quality - usb C to usb B cable with a ferrite choke on it.
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I had been using the usb A to usb B cable that came with the spectro, but then with a basic usb A to usb C adapter head plonked on it to get into my MBP. Clearly that wasn't stable enough.
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Also I think perhaps I hadn't always been doing steps 1-3 so fastidiously - doing so definitely helps.
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