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LAF
Sep 8, 2004
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HI,

I’m not an expert (yet!) in PS7. But I’m wondering why there’s a colo difference between what you print on a home printer and what you sen to the lab to be developed (on photo paper)????

I did a montage with KAKI (pale green) borders, it looked good on th screen and on my printer. SO I sent the file to be developed on phot paper. To my suprise the borders are now LIME (green) color, instead o the more KAKI green (Original montage). Is there anything I can do t get a more WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) feel between th ORIGINAL, PRINTED and DEVELOPED (photo paper) color versions????

Thanks,

LA

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bagal
Sep 8, 2004
As a technical feature contolling colors between computers and printers has varying levels of sophistication

PS does have features – do a Google

I am sorry to say I cannot help more than that other than include gamut in your Google search

gamut sorta describes the color footprint – or range of colors a printer can produce

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"LAF" wrote in message
HI,

I’m not an expert (yet!) in PS7. But I’m wondering why there’s a color difference between what you print on a home printer and what you send to the lab to be developed (on photo paper)????

I did a montage with KAKI (pale green) borders, it looked good on the screen and on my printer. SO I sent the file to be developed on photo paper. To my suprise the borders are now LIME (green) color, instead of the more KAKI green (Original montage). Is there anything I can do to get a more WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) feel between the ORIGINAL, PRINTED and DEVELOPED (photo paper) color versions????

Thanks,

LAF

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Mike Russell
Sep 8, 2004
LAF wrote:
HI,

I’m not an expert (yet!) in PS7. But I’m wondering why there’s a color difference between what you print on a home printer and what you send to the lab to be developed (on photo paper)????

I did a montage with KAKI (pale green) borders, it looked good on the screen and on my printer. SO I sent the file to be developed on photo paper. To my suprise the borders are now LIME (green) color, instead of the more KAKI green (Original montage). Is there anything I can do to get a more WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) feel between the ORIGINAL, PRINTED and DEVELOPED (photo paper) color versions????

Hi LAF,

Most labs print slightly on the warm side, and this wrecks the more subtle shades of green.

One solution is to ask the lab folks to print your images straight, with no manual color correction. Provide them with an sRGB image and see how that works out.

There is yet another level of sophistication involving getting hold of the profile for the system they are using to do the printing. There is a list of downloadable Fuji Frontier profiles at DrycreekPhoto.com , as well as a description of what you need to do to use the profiles.
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Hecate
Sep 9, 2004
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:39:54 -0500, LAF
wrote:

HI,

I’m not an expert (yet!) in PS7. But I’m wondering why there’s a color difference between what you print on a home printer and what you send to the lab to be developed (on photo paper)????

I did a montage with KAKI (pale green) borders, it looked good on the screen and on my printer. SO I sent the file to be developed on photo paper. To my suprise the borders are now LIME (green) color, instead of the more KAKI green (Original montage). Is there anything I can do to get a more WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) feel between the ORIGINAL, PRINTED and DEVELOPED (photo paper) color versions????

Thanks,

LAF

Colour management is the answer. Just Google for colour management + Photoshop and you’ll get a lot of hits. If you want to read about, read the manual and get Fraser et al "Real World Colour Management".

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