UT-14 QTR curves:Any with Glop?
2009-10-08 by andrevallejo
Hi. Just received my UT-14 "classic" (with the Glop in it's position). I'm on a Mac (well, on a MacOS at least...), printing with PS CS4 and QTR. From the Files areas I found the UT-14 curves, which has curves for the Ilford Gold Silk that I have. But the enclosed text says it uses no Glop. So I convert the file to grayscale,set the space to QTR-LAB and use the same for printer profile (should I use QTR-Gray-Photo Paper instead?). Then I go to QTR and use a blend of 80% cool and 20% warm curves, which result in neutral images for my eyes. First prints were dark but adjusting gamma to 1,25 in PS solved this problem. 100% black patch reads 1,91 and 95% reads 1,74 (PrintFixPro). Seems fine enough? So: 1.Are there any better settings? 2. Are there any curves to be used with QTR that use the Glop? From what I've read, it would give me better D-max and less bronzing (which I see looking from the side of the print) And anyway, I paid for it,right? (8-)) Best, André