Depending on what you're shooting, you want to see how the colors match what's on your monitor. In the perfect world they should match perfectly. In the real world they should still be pretty close. Photoshop will include information about your color setup in files it generates. These should be used by any printer to give the best color match that the inks can give. For snapshots, it probably doesn't matter that much. But for high quality images it really does. David's remark about colorfastness is a concern with older inkjets. The ink is much more water-resistant in newer printers. The Epson pigment printers don't really have a problem at all. As far as the general comments of inkjet printers not looking natural, that's dependent on the printer. One of mine is 6-color, the other is 8. The 4-color printers don't do such a hot job of generating all the colors in an image. But again, the single biggest factor is the paper. On Dec 18, 2006, at 10:50 AM, Chuck Hards wrote:
How is the long-term stability of commercial prints, Dave? Are they unfaded after a couple of years?
--- David Dunn <david.dunn@albertsons.com> wrote:
I have tried several places to print. They have all been good.