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How can I correct a yellow tint in prints which formerly were properly colored?
I have been printing pictures for some time and all of a sudden they started coming out tinted in yellow. My goal is to print some Memory Books for my Grandchildren and I am unable to proceed like ...
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Calibrating monitor (CRT) to match third vendor printer
I look for a long while an answer to this question here and on google, but there are too many answer for everything but not an answer for my specific problem.
I've a work to sell and I need calibrate ...
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Any ideas what would cause a Canon Pixma Pro-1 printer to produce a significantly substandard print in comparison to the Pro-10 or Pro-100?
After a discussion here about the current state of Ink Jet vs C-Type, I decided to try out some ink jet printers and got prints from Canon's full line of professional desktop photo printers. While ...
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Questions to ask when using a professional printing service
I do lots of landscape photography. A friend of mine wants one of my photographs printed; I've never done this before! All of my photos are post-processed in Photoshop, and I only generate JPEG's for ...
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Canon Pixma 9000 Mark II With Semi Gloss Paper Settings
So I just recently got a Canon Pixma 9000 Mark II printer and Canon Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss 13 x 19 inch paper.
**TLDR: See bolded question at bottom**
Before printing with the 13x19 paper, I ...
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Why do my prints look different from what I see on my computer monitor?
I haven't printed any of my photos yet but I decided to give it a try. I am thinking of getting a printer of my own but before that I wanted to see how they would look. So, I simply printed one at the ...
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How can I fix a blue colour cast from my Canon i9950 printer?
I have a Canon i9950 with an aftermarket CISS. It used to be fine, but having not used it for a while over Christmas, now all my prints are coming out with a horrible blue cast.
I have checked that ...
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What steps to take to match screen to print?
I don't print a TON of my photos, but when I do it's because it's really important to me. I've got a MacBook Pro attached to a Samsung 2300 display and an HP Photosmart 7760 printer. I typically use ...
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Why would a photo that is black and white print in color?
I'm using Lightroom 2 and have an Epson Artisan 730. I'm trying to print this one photo, but the weird part is that I've made it black and white in Lightroom, but when I print it, it comes out with ...
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How can I prevent photos losing vibrancy when printed?
I take a number of landscape photos which I then do quite a bit of post production work with in photoshop elements 9. When I take them to my local photographic shop (I am not talking Boots etc) and ...
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Where can I find good test image(s) to send to a print lab?
I am looking for a good test image to send to a print lab, to test my system's color calibration.
I'll be sending my own photos too, of course, but I would also like to include one or two test images ...
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What colour space to use when printing digital photos?
As is customary with preparing images for print in a magazine or newspaper, I convert my digital photos from RGB to CMYK before inserting into my publishing application. However, when I'm printing ...
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Why doesn't Lightroom offer conversion from RGB to CMYK?
I have never fully understood why Lightroom works exclusively in the RGB colour space. I would assume that a large number of Lightroom users use the software to prepare their photos for print. Yet, I ...
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What are the recommendations for getting best color matching when using a photolab?
So I want to use one of the many online printer photolabs to send my photos to and have them print them and send them back. What is the best way to make sure the colors I see on my monitor match what ...
