[Leica] I need some help for color printing

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

LLuis,
Soft proof it with the Blurb profile.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 10:19 PM, 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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