Finishing the Book

Not much to report--I have been stuck inside trying to master the technique of creating match prints for my book. I am almost there but am missing a little bit of information and am waiting for the RIP people to call me back. For those who don't know what a RIP is here is a brief explanation of my book workflow:

1. I get the layout from the designers in Quark format.
2. I insert colored corrected, hi resolution CMYK images that I created in Photoshop into the Quark document.
3. I make a PDF to check color, etc.
4. I print to my Epson 2200 via a RIP (raster image processor) that converts the Postscript output of Quark into something my Epson can understand.

The prints have been coming out with a cyan cast and I suspect it's a paper profile problem. I am using Epson's Semimatte Professional Proofing Paper. I am using PowerRip X from iproofsystems and it seems to do a decent job. Printing out of Quark is a nightmare. I have never seen a more complicated dialog box in my life!

I did go out for a few hours after the blizzard yesterday but the birds had more sense than I did and they stayed home. I did notice that the Meer, Central Park Lake, and Turtle Pond are completely frozen over. I did not realize it had been that cold.

I am still waiting for my lens to come back from Canon--maybe this week.