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Question
White lines clearly visible when page is viewed
with software like our viewer,
Tiffiteyes etc.
Answer
Cause
Trap masks are not present. Software can't tell
the difference between CT and LW areas of Delta, causing
some LW to drop into CT and leave white lines in LW
in the same spot.
Solution
If running Delta 5.5 or previous, you must run Delta
Trapper to get the mask files. With 6.0 or later, you
can generate the masks without actually having or using
trapper. Go to the trap tab in the Queue setup and pick
"Trap Offline" or "Generate Mask File".
Cause
Extra transparency is on, which deliberately moves
some LW/HC elements to the CT to reduce file size. If
the lines show up in the LW, but when all are composited
and output to film proof they dissappear, this is okay.
However, not all systems consuming TIFF/IT files are
precise enough to handle this. So if lines show up in
the media output, turn off "Extra Transparency" in the
Output section of TIFF/ITflow. When in doubt, turn this
off. If the TIFF/IT-s are turned back to PS before output
(Shira or Harlequin workflows) turn it off.
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Question
Lines don't show in viewer, but show up in film output.
Answer
Cause
The device consuming the TIFF/IT files does not
fully suppport non-integer CT/LW ratios.
Solution
Make sure CT integer ratio function is turned on
in the resolution tab in TIFF/ITflow, or in any TIFF/ITflow
job ticket you are using.
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Question
What do I do when I need a different curve files for different
queues at the same time? i.e. UV inks, standard ink sets, or different
presses. I would like to have these queues set-up all at the same
time instead of having to launch Tiff-It flow every time I need to
toggle between curves. Is their a way to do this?
Answer
The TIFF/ITflow software can be set to a single Calibration Curve Text file
typically it is the file named calibr.txt.
Inside this file though you may have as many named curves as you want:
CurveName: Intrinsic
In this instance the job ticket would refer to this curve using the name
"Intrinsic". And each of these curves can be - and usally are - different
curves for different purposes.
Then you can create different Job Tickets which use the different curve
names in the job ticket to achieve the result you are asking for.
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