Examples of Apple Print Quality Service?

Hi All,
I'm planning on making a iPhoto book, and was wondering if there were any scans or pictures available where I could see first hand the quality of an ordered book.
Ideally I'd like to see the Large and Medium soft-cover books.
Any help would be awesome.
Thanks!

Xiper, I can't direct you to a web page with an example in it, but have some personal experience, plus an observationn that may help.
Personal Experience: i went to the free seminar at the local apple store and they passed around an example photo book. All i can tell you is that: IT WAS STUNNING. Your local Apple Store may or maay not have an example to show you. The pictures were from an Apple employees personal travel trip to Mongolia.
Observation: You could put in a minimum size and cost of order to kind of see for yourself and just keep it small and simple.
Hot Tip: the i-photo seminar suugested that you print the book onto paper at home before you order it. That was very good advice because I caught a spelling error that I had not spotted on the screen. Go ahead and buy some good quality paper made for color ink jet printing (assuming you are using a color ink jet that is)

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- Should I calibrate the monitor using the gamma 1,8 (mac) or gamma 2,2 (most commonly used) ? From what I read, experts and professionals recommends gamma 2,2 but will it works when ordering book from Apple when the mac world is using a 1,8 gamma (or is it taken into account automatically when ordering books ?)
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Hello Kenneth,
Thanks for the quick feedback
Indeed I had read this article before posting on the forum, and this one get me even more confused. Gamma 2,2 is recommended, but I am wandering if it is the right choice when ordering prints from Apple, when we know that Apple products are using gamma 1,8 ???
Concerning the proofing profile I found this article : http://www.apple.com/support/photoservices/preparation_tips/ : it is written that when ordering prints, "the image should be in RGB mode, not CMYK." So I would conclude that I should use a RGB setting for the Proofing profile, right ? The thing is I see 2 RGB profile type : Adobe RGB and sRGB. In that case which one to use for proofing in order to check my work before ordering the book ?
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For all of you thinking of using Apple Print Services, think again! I wish I had read all the other posts on this before I ordered 5 prints online 1 month ago!
My first order was despatched but never received despite it being sent to my Central London work address - where I receive packages from all over the world on a daily basis.
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Shame I went through the hassle for a month and got nothing out of it - just a warning for those who may be thinking of using Apple Print Services! Use http://www.photobox.co.uk/ instead!
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I love Photobox too, is there any way or are there any plans to integrate Photobox into iPhoto?
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I am just wondering if Apple is going to bring the printing services to Australia at all. Is there somewhere where you can check to see if they are working on it or not?
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I guess not. Here is the offical response from Apple....
+Thank you for your interest in Apple Photo Services.+
+You may use iPhoto to print books, cards, calendars, and prints using a printer+
+attached to your computer, but residents of Australia may not order photo products+
+from Apple, nor can products be shipped to Australia at this time.+
+Although I cannot comment on future expansion plans of Apple Photo Services, please+
+rest assured that Apple is committed to bringing this service to people around the+
world.
+For a list of countries in which Apple Photo Services is currently available, please+
visit:
+http://www.apple.com/support/photoservices/ww+
+Please feel free to email us back with any questions or concerns you may have.+
Sincerely,
Kit
+Apple Print Products Customer Service+

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Thanks for that quick response Dendrek.
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REMOVE FILES
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Click OK when done.
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We are having print quality issue when printing PDF's to our Canon iR C2880/C3380 UFR II. This was the most recent print driver from canons website which was download about 6 weeks ago. version 2.9. At one time we were having other pring quality issues and we changed from the post script driver to the ufr ii which solved the problem at the time.
This past saturday we upgrade the operating systems on the systems in question and they are now running windows 7 64 bit with service pack 1 installed. image 1 is the orignal pdf that was printed with a 3rd party pdf printer(PDF Xchange view version 2.5) image 2 is the same document that was printed using acrobat reader 10.1.2
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image 1
image2

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