Adorama Prints

Adorama's prints are inexpensive, but they are Digital C-Prints. They are archival for 60-100 years, and Adorama works with you to get your colors right, which is the most important thing. For exhibitions and portfolios in the future, however, you may want to think about getting Inkjet prints made, as they are the most archival.

With today's inkjet printers the color gamut far exceeds what the traditional film processes could produce. For example at PhotoPlus 2006 Joel Meyerowitz stated that digital printing today has,"Greater capacity to reveal the subtlety of the color image, compared to c-prints... inkjet printing has truly arrived."

Here is another lab to get really well done inkjet prints made, in Brooklyn.

If you are having your prints done at Adorama, click here for how to prep your file:
http://www.adoramapix.com/Support.aspx?SupportID=prepcolor
If you would like to have total control over the color and the density of the final prints, you can do so by telling Adorama not to change anything in your image, so that AdoramaPix technicians do not overwrite the color correction you've applied to the photos in your order. If you decide to choose this option make sure that your monitor is properly color corrected.
Download profiles from the Adorama Site.
Put the profile you download into this folder in Photoshop: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles. For a step-by-step How-to, click here: http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/profiles.htm

In Photoshop, you can soft proof your image in the profile you've downloaded, and then before you save, go to Edit> Convert to profile to save that profile setting to you image. Then make sure to tell adorama (of whatever printer you use) not to color correct. Remember, only do this yourself if the monitor you're working on is calibrated. Otherwise, let the lab do the color correction.

Optimum File Sizes:

8×10 inch 300 dpi 20.6 MB
10×12 inch 300 dpi 30.9 MB
11×17 inch 300 dpi 48.2 MB
12×16 inch 300 dpi 49 MB
13×19 inch 300 dpi 63.6 MB
16×20 inch 300 dpi 82 MB
20×24 inch 300 dpi 123.6 MB
30×40 inch 300 dpi 309 MB
30×40 inch 200 dpi 137.3 MB
40×60 inch 300 dpi 618 MB
40×60 inch 200 dpi 274 MB