Costco Printing

Jim, are you referring to the printer profiles for their printers? If so, see this link on how to use the profile: http://drycreekphoto.c​om …sing_printer_pr​ofiles.htm I would also suggest reading (and understanding) the stickys about color management before jumping into this...

Update: I had some prints made today & forgot to check the type of paper. Didn't see much difference but didn't have the 1st proofs to compare, so I asked them & they said that they didn't ever see any difference either. I guess I'll have to try it with a true test print sometime.

Also they said that they update their profiles with Dry Creek every Fall & just sent this years file in to them, so there should be a new one posted in a few weeks for my Costco. You might want to check with yours.

Bodog wrote:
Jim, are you referring to the printer profiles for their printers? If so, see this link on how to use the profile: http://drycreekphoto.c​om …sing_printer_pr​ofiles.htm I would also suggest reading (and understanding) the stickys about color management before jumping into this...

If I'm the Jim you are referring to, I am fully conversant with the profiles and how to use them. My question was why when I order an 8x10 they print my 8x10 to my precise specifications but on 8x12 paper -- not, I'm sure, a profile matter -- but thanks anyhow.

If I'm not the JIm you are referring to, as they say, "ignore this message."

Jim

This Jim. Sorry, I should have quoted.

No problem . . . with a name like Jim you quickly realize you're not the only one.

Jim

OK, so this is an old thread, but I just got involved. Anyone still listening?

I just sent a few pictures to our Alaska State Fair of which I am pleased to say that I got Honorable Mention on a PhotoShop'd piece I literally spent days on and am still not finished.

Anyway, I went through all the Dry Creek setups and to keep this simple, I sent in a full gamut shot and again the same shot with a reduced gamut that supposedly fell within the range of COSTCO's Noritsu printer according to PS. The full gamut was nicely saturated but the reduced gamut was weak - just as on the screen. I'm not sure I get it. I expected the reduced gamut to be about right and the full gamut entry to either be dripping ink off the page or a black mass of color goo. There must be a 1-1 correlation between PS Gamut Warning and the actual capability of the printer for the shots be as on screen. I think in the future I will not worry about the gamut warning.

Anyone else experienced with this?

How did you go to "reduced gamut"?

What color spaces? Describe the workflow in a bit more detail. Some screenshots might be helpfull as well.

If colors are out of gamut, they will not be printed. The "next best" in gamut color will be printed instead.

So both prints should have been looking quite similair (depending on rendering intent), but the out of gamut areas should be clipped in the first.