> Terry asked "Can you be more specific about the things that do not come up to your expectation..."

The differences in Brightness and Vibrance between print and screen image - the print is always darker and duller...hence the definition is less clear.  The image in print does not stand-out as it appears on screen.

Hi,

I'm a new member to the Forum.  I'm trying to find out how QImage can help me to get better prints from commercial labs.

1. I do NOT own photo printer or QImage.  I use commercial labs to print enlargements - 16x20, 20x30, 24x36, 12x36, etc.
2. I use CaptureNX2, PS/CS5, PTGui, Photomatix, etc. for digital processing and ColorMunki for monitor calibration.
3. I do "soft-proof" (not the best option!) of lab-printer and my-monitor, if it's available from the commercial lab.

The bottomline: I can never be sure of the print results until I see the final prints (that's probably true in all cases.  But it would be nice to have some degree of confidence of the print quality during the image processing stage)

Question:  In my scenario, how can QImage help me to get more consistent and predictable prints?

Thanks for any suggestions