[Leica] I need some help for color printing

[Lluis Ripoll]

Thank you Don, I forget to say I’m using a Sure Color Epson P 600, tomorrow I’ll do new trials

Cheers
Lluis


> El 8 febr 2018, a les 18:29, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> Lluis,
> I have had similar difficulties with saturation on paper vs screen.  What I
> found is that the transilluminated images were always less saturated than
> what was printed on reflective media.  I eventually worked out how much to
> lighten the images for printing.  I wasn't using an outside service but was
> printing on an Epson 7800.  I am not sure this will help as you have been
> printing for long enough to do the translation but sometimes algorithms
> change and we have to adapt to the computers, sigh.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 11:49 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I’m preparing a family Blurb book in color, the pictures are made with the
>> M8 and processed with Capture One  updated at Vs10, I export the images on
>> sRGB mode, my actual computer is a iMac 27” Retina, however I have
>> calibrated the monitor user Spyder Pro4 from DATACOLOR, the result of the
>> calibration is that my profile respond to 100% to sRGB.
>> 
>> I’ve realized I had a problem when I have exported my images to the Blurb
>> book using Booksmart 2, I saw that the images look much more saturated than
>> my monitor view on Capture or Bridge, I have tried using Bookwright,
>> exactly the same problem, I have send an e-mail to Blurb, they have sent me
>> the Blurb ICC Profile, but the problem continues.
>> 
>> I have to say that for the printing test I have used cheap glossy paper,
>> not my usual quality (Canson Infinity Platine Fiber Rag), I think that this
>> can not make a big difference, but maybe I shall to try it….
>> 
>> Finally I’ve tried to print the image, using different profiles (as sRGB,
>> Blurb ICC, the native one…), testing both modes, Color Management by Color
>> Synch and Color Management by the printer, and the colors of the print
>> differ very much than the ones I see on the Monitor. The last test I’ve did
>> was using Lightroom to print the picture it was a little better but not the
>> quality I could expect.
>> 
>> If my monitor is well calibrated, the image on my monitor is perfect…..
>> why I have these problems?   I can not understand…., with my old Mac I had
>> any problem and with this I’ve found a lot….
>> 
>> I will appreciate very much your help, thank you in advance
>> 
>> Best!
>> LLuis
>> 
>> 
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