That is, check with the printer first to see what they want. On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:37 PM Pat David <patda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't send CMYK to a photo print shop unless they specifically ask for it. > The majority of high end US print shops want sRGB for photo prints (not > books or offset printing - in that case I'd let them do the conversion > unless you know what you're doing). > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:35 PM Rick Strong <rnstr...@primus.ca> wrote: > >> I would start by buying a monitor colour calibration device like a SPYDER >> regardless of who is doing the printing, yourself at home or a print shop. >> Google SPYDER. It's simple to use, fast and accurate. There are others. >> >> If you are sending files out to a print shop send CMYK images in North >> America. The preference in Europe I think is LAB. Check with your printer. >> Try the US Sheetfed/un-coated profile at home or anything that matches >> your >> paper and gets you close to your calibrated monitor image. >> >> Rick S. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-user-list mailing list >> List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org >> List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list >> List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list >> > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
