Comments on: Video – Printing 101

By: Julian Roberts

Julian Roberts — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:32:12 +0000

Great tips Matt – many thanks

Two questions:

1. Does anyone know of a service of similar quality to Mpix in the UK; and
2. Is there a video, pls, showing how to set up a print to send out to a lab?

Thanks

By: n r von staden

n r von staden — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:09:48 +0000

Thanks for your easy delivery and explanations…? how do you save a picture that you ( a “save as” in photoshop) get the same print output when you want to make another print later? make you could address this in your LR 2 printing video ?

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:21:34 +0000

At WHCC you can send them ten prints and they will send them back to you as test prints so you can see if you like or calibrate, etc. They also have extremely fast turn-around!!
I’m finding more and more labs accepting Adobe RGB embedded files since they say they can actually print outside the sRGB profile, even if not entirely. I’ll take any extra I can get, so I send them in as Adobe RGB.
Drycreek Photo has a TON of info on printing at labs, etc., and color spaces, etc., particular to different printers. Most use Fuji Frontier or Noritsu and you can find info on that on that site.
Anyway, I’ll stop blabbing.
Thanks, Mattie!! :O)
Gina

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:56:56 +0000

These video’s are great. Question…I am trying to use a Selphy ES2 printer & paper which does not seem to have a ICC profile to download. I have searched the web and have found others asking the same question…but not a lot of answers or suggestions. My prints are coming out too dark when the printer is managing the color.

By: Duane Ellison

Duane Ellison — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:15:15 +0000

Alright – can you give some more information on the Lightroom to PDF to Photoshop to JPG to commercial printer? When I try to do it and pull the PDF into PS CS2 it only brings the image and not all the other stuff – so I loose borders, plates, etc.

Thanks!

Duane…

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:11:12 +0000

I have a question. I’m interested in using an online photofinisher as well. They say they print at 400 ppi (ppi not dpi) and they recommend that I can get good print results with 300 ppi. My question is: when I export from lightroom to a jpeg, does it matter what ppi I choose (i.e. should I leave it at 72 ppi or change it to 400 ppi), or can I just ignore this setting. Also, will I get better results if I choose TIFF rather than jpeg?

(For online photofinishing I’m using file>export)

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:05:06 +0000

If you Like MPIX, try WHCC.com.
Better output and less expensive, nearly half of MPIX.

I began using MPIX and after a few recommendations to try White House Custom Color I finally tried them and never went back to MPIX.
WHCC allows you to print 5 8×10’s before giving them any payment info.

FYI: 12×18’s at WHCC are $6.00
Free 2 day shipping (all orders must be a minimum of $12)

MPIX.com is $10.79 for a 12×18.

By: James

James — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:10:55 +0000

Matt,

Could you tell me how you record your movies for the web?

Do you use a special program for the screen capture?

Keep up the good work

Cheers

James

By: RaymondH

RaymondH — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:00:31 +0000

This video glossed over it, but there is something I don’t understand about the image resolution.

What does the DPI setting actually do? I don’t understand this concept of DPI – isn’t the DPI based on the resolution of the thing that’s displaying your image – be it a monitor or a printout?

In the video, Matt says that he sets the DPI around 240. On what is this decision based? Why 240? Why not a really big DPI, won’t that give a better image? (Of course I realize it must not.) Why would you choose a larger DPI than the native resolution of the image? How does the print DPI relate to the native resolution of the image?

Thanks for any help. If there are any websites that explain this, I would appreciate the links. Thanks.

By: Bill Stropki

Bill Stropki — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:57:37 +0000

I live in canton ohio, and just about 5 miles north of me is a lab called buckeyecolorlab I’ve used there sevices for about 3 years now, I’ve have never been disappointed once. They also offer a color profle for photoshops soft proof which is great so with a calibrated monitor wysiwyg.And thanks to the NAPP help desk they showed me how to have photoshop load the profile on startup. I’ve been know to do correcting but forgetting to load the soft proof just to have to go back and re colorcorrect.All I need now is have the same option for lightroom hint…hint