Nikon D100 Color prints

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"Jack" <No@mail.Please> writes:

> Hi
> I have a Nikon D100 camera that I use with white balance set to auto.
> This gives me great results with no adjustments,
> on screen,
> Epson photo 870 ink jet printer,
> and on a HiTi color sub-dye printer on a different computer.
>
> However my local "professional" pro lab Agfa printer is giving me
> lifeless prints with a horrible heavy yellow cast.
>
> Can you explain this? How come I get it right on printers connected
> to computers with no adjustment and the "professional" Labs are
> having so much trouble trying to get it right?

Is your computer monitor hardware calibrated? Are you using color
management to make your prints? (Answers should be "yes" ).

What color space are you sending the files to the Agfa lab in? (They
probably want sRGB; but find out what they want). If the files are in
the space they want, and especially if they're also tagged as being in
the space they want, then bad results are their fault. But this isn't
very likely.
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