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What's going on????

hi….i was excited to get my photo book printed….but after reading some of the horror stories here…i am begining to wonder…what’s going on????.......

poor quality paper…..

crappy photo reproductions

binding coming undone

i am a professional photographer and thought this would be an economical way to print books for clients…..

Bob

Bob, only one way to find out what’s going on. Download the software. Slap some on your stuff on forty pages. Read this first, of course: http://forums.blurb.com/forums/2/topics/18 . Then order a test soft cover. For less than twenty clams you’ll know exactly what is going on. Best!

Yes, I think everybody needs to keep in mind the many levels of experience with photos and reproduction needs. I work with Photoshop often and print using a 2400 Epson. I wanted to have a book to accompany a galler show of my photos and I assumed wrongly that my profiles and grayscale images were ready to place in Booksmart and print. The books came back DARK! The color was real nice but my black and whites were bad. I communicated with Blub and got some info and then I went back and readjusted my grayscale images taking some black and midtones out. My second version was nice except for a very noticeable magenta cast throughout the black and white images. I then ordered a larger number of books and before they would even start the printing run they emailed me to doublecheck that I had resolved the “dark” images. I said that I had but was a little concerned about the magenta cast. The said they should be able to correct that. So they are printing them now. I think my first dark book was my mistake not knowing what printer they were using and what profiles I should be using. Now that I have dealt with them and seen some stuff I’m pretty confident. I’ll let you know for sure in a few days. I was impressed that they emailed me right after they saw my order come in. That showed that they were aware of my earlier printing issues. Nice touch.

Myoder, any more info on their offering to resolve the magenta cast?   I suffered the same problem on my final run, after doing a bunch of tests to get to the place I wanted to be.