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I’m going to take a couple of photos off to get them printed at a print shop or service. I’ve never done this before, and have 2 questions:
1) What sort of equipment is used by competent print services, and what is to be avoided? I’m assuming there’s a range of equipment in use, some of which gives much better results than others. Is any of it of the "ohmahgawd, you use *that*! Run away!" type?
1) What do I need to do to my image in Photoshop to help get a printout that matches my screen? CMYK or RGB? (I’ve never used CMYK!) sRGB or Adobe1998? My monitor is calibrated, so do I just ensure there’s an embedded colour profile?
I suppose I could just walk into the shop in the local shopping centre that has a big "Kodak" sign out the front and a sign saying "Digital camera photos printed here!", and hand a disk over and see what I get. I’d rather walk in there with a few intelligent questions and some idea of the process (and therefore product) I’ll be paying for.
1) What sort of equipment is used by competent print services, and what is to be avoided? I’m assuming there’s a range of equipment in use, some of which gives much better results than others. Is any of it of the "ohmahgawd, you use *that*! Run away!" type?
1) What do I need to do to my image in Photoshop to help get a printout that matches my screen? CMYK or RGB? (I’ve never used CMYK!) sRGB or Adobe1998? My monitor is calibrated, so do I just ensure there’s an embedded colour profile?
I suppose I could just walk into the shop in the local shopping centre that has a big "Kodak" sign out the front and a sign saying "Digital camera photos printed here!", and hand a disk over and see what I get. I’d rather walk in there with a few intelligent questions and some idea of the process (and therefore product) I’ll be paying for.
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