Iphoto Prints: good but too contrasty?

I liked my experience with Iphoto
I wanted to make a photobook for my family using iphoto. I adjusted the photos to where I thought they would look good and sent the request online. I just got them in the mail and they look good! The paper has a good thickness and it has nice presentation. (Though it says "made on a mac on the back") The pictures themselves came out a little contrasty though.
My whites are blown and some semi-darks are gone. But, it is print after all, what can you do? Also, the borders that iphoto puts between photos seemed uneven. Some were thicker than others. Anyone else experience this?
Imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I don't know why but I can no longer see the date of a photo before importing it, only the entire range?
I usually just plug my iPhone in and I can see the date of a specific photo simply by selecting it. This is a major draw back for me as I build up a collection of photos before importing them to iphoto and often I can't remember which photos are associated. For example I take lots of photos of my baby boy and the location is the same making it hard to distinguish occasions.
Come on Apple, you've paid at a whole lot of money to developers only to go backwards? Do you need to spend a few million on ensuring better quality control? I'm sure Steve could just sit at his desk for a moment and try it for a sec, didn't take me long to work out there's some big draw backs.
All that was needed really was the little fullscreen button which I'm surprised wasn't implemented ages ago.

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