Printer Color Profiles

Often you will have an existing print or contact sheet that should be used as a reference when we make scans. When color matching to contact sheets or machine prints we will have good success matching your sample with all our services (except frontier). If your sample has been custom printed (including dodging and burning), was printed from a manipulated file, or printed on an inkjet printer it will only be possible to get a match using our premiere service. If you order a standard or custom scan we will make every effort to match the general color and exposure of your sample, but will not replicate dodging/burning, individual colors, or other localized changes to your image.

In some cases, digital files have been heavily manipulated, or printed on an inkjet printer that has unusual color characteristics. In these cases it may require additional computer time to achieve a match to your sample. We will be sure to discuss the potential difficulties of custom matching your non-photographic samples before taking you order.

It is very important to remember that unless you have a professionally calibrated and color managed workflow, the results from your inkjet printer will not look similar to the results of printing the exact same file on our photographic digital printers.