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Subject: [Leica] I need some help for color printing
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 01:41:02 +0100
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Thank you Eddy,

I have already do I think 11 books with Blurb, always in B&W but with one or 
two small pictures in color and never had this problem?. tomorrow I?ll do 
new trials

Cheers
Lluis


> El 8 febr 2018, a les 21:45, Eddy Willems <eddy at altphoto.be> va 
> escriure:
> 
> Luis for blurb your prints have to be srgb 8 bits, but before sending them 
> to blurb to have to cheque them with the right blurb profile in proofing 
> withe the blurb profile and make the adjustments that are needed, don't 
> forget the book will be printed in cmyk and that's not so great as srgb
> 
> best regards
> 
> 
> Op 8/02/18 om 17:49 schreef Lluis Ripoll via LUG:
>> 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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