Can anyone tell me why I cant get commercially produced enlargements that colour match the prints I produce at home?
Using a Nikon D90 (12mp) camera, iMac computer, Photoshop 3 and a sub £100 Canon Pixma printer, I produce beautiful A4 prints at home which have real depth and sparkle. My computer has been calibrated using a Pantone Huey and the prints perfectly match the colour seen on screen.
And yet, the 16 x 20 inch enlargements produced by commercial labs come nowhere near the quality of my own A4 prints.
For example, enlargements from Photobox were horrible; flat, dark, dull and lifeless. This despite the fact that the files were sent in sRGB colourspace as requested, and set to 300dpi. Even the trial 6 x 4 prints from Loxley Colour, a company highly regarded by pros, couldnt match the vibrant reds of my Pixma.
Am I doing something wrong? Any thoughts and comments would be very much welcomed.
Using a Nikon D90 (12mp) camera, iMac computer, Photoshop 3 and a sub £100 Canon Pixma printer, I produce beautiful A4 prints at home which have real depth and sparkle. My computer has been calibrated using a Pantone Huey and the prints perfectly match the colour seen on screen.
And yet, the 16 x 20 inch enlargements produced by commercial labs come nowhere near the quality of my own A4 prints.
For example, enlargements from Photobox were horrible; flat, dark, dull and lifeless. This despite the fact that the files were sent in sRGB colourspace as requested, and set to 300dpi. Even the trial 6 x 4 prints from Loxley Colour, a company highly regarded by pros, couldnt match the vibrant reds of my Pixma.
Am I doing something wrong? Any thoughts and comments would be very much welcomed.
