William Robb wrote: > > If you are sending files to a wet lab for printing, it is also best to > convert the files to > sRGB. I know that there are a bunch of people supplying colour profiles for > various labs, but > the colour paper itself fits within the sRGB colur space, so there isn't a > lot of point in > profiling for a specific printer, presuming the lab operator is keeping up > his or her end of the > bargain by maintaining the machine's calibrations. > It'a also very difficult to get perfectly neutral B&W off of a colour lab, so > be patient with > your lab operators, and don't ask for a perfect B&W print in a hurry, > especially if they are > busy. > This is especially true of the labs found in retail environments, they can > usually do well > enough with colour, but sometimes don't have the skill set in place to > accurately render a B&W > without some experimentation.
I don't know if it's still true, but when I worked at the photo shop a few years ago, the owner told me that Fuji Frontier machines weren't even color space aware. He also said that putting your photos into sRGB color space was the way to get the best results for printing on traditional wet color photo paper (like the Frontier uses). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
