QTR and Digital Negatives

This page contains articles on making Digital Negatives, either using the Quadtone RIP, or using the Epson Printer Driver. I also include articles on palladium and gum bichromate printing as well as a few Photoshop tips.

The Quadtone RIP Manual, version 3. This manual describes my latest ideas on how to simplify the writing of a custom QTR profile for printing digital negatives. QTR is the most flexible and advanced way to print high quality digital negatives. Download the PDF by clicking on the following link. Qtr Manual V3

Making Digital Negatives with the Epson 3800 Printer and Driver. This article describes how to use the Epson Driver (instead of QTR) and the Advanced Black and White Mode to print digital negatives. The disadvantage of this method, as opposed to using QTR, is that you must place a destructive correction curve on the image file itself. Nonetheless, many people find the Epson Driver approach easier to learn and it is capable of making very good negatives. Download a PDF of the article by clicking on the following link. Dig Negs With 3800

This article describes my personal approach to making a palladium print using a digital negative. Download the PDF. Palladium Printing


Creating Lens Flare In Photoshop

This article describes how to make a multicolor Gum Bichromate print with a single digital negative.
A Multicolor Gum Print