I don't send prints to Millers because I don't print much anymore. But
I generally send to Mpix and specify no color corrections. What I get
back looks very much like what I see on my calibrated screen. I've
never done a canvas print. I'll have to try one.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/14/2011 5:41 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Thanks for the update, Bob. I was wondering how it turned out. Did you have
> the hand-paint surface done? Or just a standard coating? Also, I assume this
> was the fine-art canvas print, and not the bonded, which I had done.
>
> That's a fantastic image to have done on canvas. I'd probably buy it!
>
> Millers is a pro lab servicing pro customers who generally provide them with
> some semblence of quanity. The MPIX division services the general public and
> offers almost exactly the same products. About the only difference between
> the two is that the printing machines are calibrated every hour or two
> instead of twice a day. Also, when you have multiple print sizes in the same
> ORDER, all prints are done on exactly the same machine within the same
> calibration cycle. Also, for us portrait/wedding/event photographers,
> Millers applies a very slight color/density curve which is kinda their
> signature. I've gotten to the point where I can identify portrait prints
> done through Millers. It's subtle, but there. The MPIX pictures don't always
> have that look--especially if you do the "no color/density correction"
> option. With Millers, even when you select "no color/density correction"
> there is still a very slight adjustment made through the RIP
>
> AG
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