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Hello,

As Epson ABW gives me warm tint in highlights and cool tint in shadows I decided to try QTR.
I basically stopped printing since the tints are driving me crazy and I only do B&W (well, now mostly in darkroom).

Please correct me if I am wrong however I feel like the necessary step would be to buy (I have nowhere to rent) printer/paper calibration device.

Is it possible to use somebody else's QTR profile (I use Hahnemuele Photo RAg 308/500, HM Ulrasmooth mostly) for the time being or do I need to create my own??

I used?UCmk-HMPRduo-neutral just to try however, the print is promising in terms of neutrality however very washed out and less contrasty compared to ABW print. ABW creates prints which are almost 1:1 (in terms of contrast) to what I see on monitor however have these color tints.

It's clear I am at the beginning of steep learning curve and understand I need to invest time however I am confused as to how proceed and wasn't very successful in finding accessible tutorial ... I am more comfortable in my darkroom :)

Woul

Petr?

You might want to try my QTP-K3 software. It takes a lot of the pain out of the curve creation stuff, especially for people just starting out with QTR. It has built-in "starter curves" and toning presets made from neutral papers (Canson Edition Etching for MK and Canson Platine for PK)



It should be really similar to the Hahnemühle Photorag and then you can fine tune the color with the sliders as needed (it also gives the benefit of being able to see the color of the split tone blend of the different components before creating/installing the .quad files)

As for a tutorial, you can check out my support site dedicated support site

And I do have a video here of setting everything up and getting started here:?



Hope that helps,?
Richard Boutwell?

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Hi Richard. am I correct that QTP-K3 does not allow for the creation of custom curves while QTP-Pro does this and more?

Correct, the QTP-K3 app has prebuilt curves for the different printers for a single matte and gloss paper that can be used as a starting point for other papers that you can fine tune in the QTP-K3 linearization tools.

The QTP-Pro app allows you to build curves from scratch from the ink separation images (along with the additional modules to work with measurement and/or quad files).

Hope that helps,?
Richard Boutwell?

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Thank you Richard,

I have already come across your tools as I have been watching your space since those times you played with the excel sheets.?

After a long pause during which I dedicated my time to darkroom only I am coming back to printing and I can see you have developed the tools to help with QTR in the meantime!

Are having these a pre-requisite for your 1:1 workshop? For some reason I am a bit lost with fully understanding QTR and how to set it up for my papers and workflow therefore I am contemplating signing up for the workshop with hopes it would get me started.

Regards,
Petr