LR vs CS4:Stark printing differences

[don_bryant2]

<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>Today I made my first ink jet print using LR 3.2. I've been using LR since version 2.0 and I'm very familiar with it though until today I always print using PS CS4 Extended.<br>

I was very surprised to see what a poor quality print produced by LR. I'm using an Epson 3800 with custom paper profiles. All of my printed output using CS4 is marvelous. In fact I printed the same image immediately after the one printed from LR and the CS4 generated print was excellent.</p>

<p>You know I've read posts by Andrew Rodney and Jeff Schewe extolling the virtues of LR printing, especially the ease of sharpening and so on. So needless to say I was very disappointed with the results. Is this another problem with LR 3? I know I chose the correct ICC profile since I used the same one to make the comparison print with CS4 and NIK Sharpener for sharpening.</p>

<p>Basically the LR print came out desaturated, flat low contrast, with a color balance way different from the screen display not looking very sharp. Wish I knew what caused the difference in results as I would like to print directly from LR.</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>Don Bryant</p>

 

[mike_earussi1]

<p>I'm not familiar with LR but in PS if you don't check "No" for ICM under properties you can get really weird colors. Is there perhaps something similar in LR you're forgotten to check?</p>

[don_bryant2]

<p>Ah, success! I didn't check No ICM in the printer driver. I just reprinted the image moments ago. The two prints are virtually the same though I think I still prefer the print sharpening from Nik Sharpner Pro. I've spent a lot of time perfecting output sharpening with NSP for different cameras (film and digital). There are also some very subtle color differences, differences most people wouldn't ever get a hint of, even looking at the prints side by side.</p>

<p>The reality is, for this print/image/capture the LR output sharpening is pretty good. And I think for most output LR can get the job done.</p>

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[mike_earussi1]

<p>Glad it worked. May all your future problems be as easy to fix.</p>