Digital Negatives with QuadToneRIP: Demystifying QTR for Photographers and Printmakers (Contemporary Practices in Alternative Process Photography)

This is really a great book- provided you have one of the printers the Quadtone RIP software has a profile for; and that you have a Mac. Unfortunately, the newer Epson printers (P700 in my case) do not have profiles in Quadtone RIP. Without that, it's impossible to dig into the details that this book provides. The book also mentions using a file called inkseperation8.tif that is in one of the software downloads- however that file is not included in the download. I suspect it's very difficult to write a book about software that someone else produces. So... if you have an older Epson printer like a P600 or 800 and a Mac, then I think this would be an excellent resource. Anderson's other books are amazing, it's too bad this one is so specific to hardware and software.

Overall the book provides a good overview of the QTR system if you're a MAC user but is not overly useful to those of use who use Windows OS; this was truly disappointing. The individual sections by photographers currently using this system for various printing processes are very informative.There are those of us who use Windows and can't or aren't willing to spend the money for another computer + pay again for an Apple version for software we already own. The purchase price might be reasonable if 1. you're interested in seeing how professional photographers are using this system in their alternative printing processes and 2. if your willing to basically teach yourself to use QTR. Of course you can always teach yourself to use the software on your on and with a little help from YouTube videos.

I love this book and it is very instructional as well as readable.