Printing Books for a Photo Class

I am a college student in a digital photography class. About 90% of the class is on a Mac and we use iPhoto & Aperture to edit photos. We want to start printing books but before we do, what recommendations do you have for the other 10% of the class? Is there a program that PC users can either purchase or download that will allow them to make books? Thanks for your time.

PC users, as well as Mac users, can make photo books on a variety of online programs. Shutterfly, SharedLink, ImageStation, PhotoWorks all will allow users to create nice bound books. Shutterfly has nice options for page layouts--even more than Apple!

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I have WD My Book for Mac as an external hard drive for my photos. I just selected to retrieve all my photos "back to the original location on my computer". But they are not back in iPhoto. Do I need to import photos into iPhoto from a location on my hard drive?

Hello,
Can you please provide the model number of your drive.
I haven't seen this case with a USB drive on a Mac.
Have you tried resetting the unit.
Is the drive showing on the disk utilities.

Printer speed for 4x6 photos on 8550 &/or 8553

Need some feedback on the speed capability of these printers for 4x6 photos in the normal, best and draft modes please. Need to process some 200+ photos in a field environment. 30 seconds each for smaller portables and hope for a bit better speed... maybe???

Hi,
I am presuming it is for the HP Photosmart B8550 or B8553?
I wasn't able to find the normal and best speeds... but found draft on the hp site:
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Print speed
Up to 34 ppm* black text
Up to 32 ppm* color
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http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/CB981A%2523B1H
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Offer - free print book for English genius

I'm about to publish the beautiful, so worthy of reading The Richest Man in Babylon.
This book has been edited, by me, in digital media, and in print, line by line, word by word. However, after the 1000th quotation mark, within quotation mark, within quotaion mark (third person quoted within one paragraph) . . . In short, I would still like another set of eyes.
So, I am offering one free print book to be sent to your place of work or residence; read the book, relax, enjoy (as it is clean and beyond useful). In exchange, I would like your eyes. You must know quotation rules like the back of your hand.
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When my 17" macbook pro was replaced (16 months old), I dealt with Customer Relations. They emailed me details of exactly what was agreed upon over the phone, and actually I asked for a 15" model, because I wanted the 15" and not the 17". They had me sign an agreement for the change to the 15" model. Also, my original macbook pro still had applecare extended warranty and they gave me a choice to either transfer the remainder to my new one or to get reimbursed. I asked to be reimbursed, and then re-purchased applecare for the new macbook pro.
I am very pleased that I got the newer model and it is much better than my original one.
that is most of what i can tell you of my experience, which is different, since I was dealing with Customer Relations via phone.
there is at least one person who posted on this forum that said that Applecare agreed to give them the applecare extended warranty at no extra cost for the new unit.
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Free Print Book for English Expert

I have just published the beautiful, so worthy of reading The Richest Man in Babylon.
This book has been edited, in digital media, and in print, line by line, word by word. However, after the 1000th quotation mark, within quotation mark, within quotation mark (third person quoted within one paragraph) . . . In short, I would still like another set of eyes.
I am offering one free print book to be sent to your place of work or residence; read the book, relax, enjoy (as it is clean and beyond useful). In exchange, I would like your eyes. You must know quotation rules like the back of your hand.
It is a great book.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/george-s-clason/the-richest-man-in-babylon/paperback/product-22243117.html
Please contact me at [email protected] or [email protected]
Thank you!

When my 17" macbook pro was replaced (16 months old), I dealt with Customer Relations. They emailed me details of exactly what was agreed upon over the phone, and actually I asked for a 15" model, because I wanted the 15" and not the 17". They had me sign an agreement for the change to the 15" model. Also, my original macbook pro still had applecare extended warranty and they gave me a choice to either transfer the remainder to my new one or to get reimbursed. I asked to be reimbursed, and then re-purchased applecare for the new macbook pro.
I am very pleased that I got the newer model and it is much better than my original one.
that is most of what i can tell you of my experience, which is different, since I was dealing with Customer Relations via phone.
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Printed books for LabView / TestStand

Hello,
can someone suggest any books for a complete beginner in
a.) LabView and
b.) TestStand
(I mean a separate book for each product.)
Is there something that i can buy in normal bookshops or is there a online-shop of NI?
Or are there no books to buy, only online-help?
Thanks for all tips.

Regarding TestStand, there is indeed not much material besides the NI training classes and documentation files.
I find the following source very useful, but it requires a basic knowledge already:
TestStand Advanced Technical Series.
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PS: This series is now about 5 years old, so some information might not be accurate regarding the newest TS version.
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I am about to give my Macbok Pro to a person with a Dell Photo Printer 954. I have been trying to find a driver for the printer to install on the laptop but it appears that Dell doesn't make drivers for Macs. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get the Printer and laptop to work together?
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Hi,
I've given up trying to find any information on National's web site.
I was just surprised to finding CVI 5.5 installed on my test platform.
I'm accustomed to working from CVI 5.0 and the behavior and IDE are
different enough that I'm going to have to re-learn how to use CVI.
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5.5 license.
Should there be printed manuals, or has National decided on-line manuals
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B

Jeremiah wrote:
>
> Hello B,
> You can find Adobe Acrobat (easily printable) versions of the CVI
> manuals in two locations. The CVI 5.5 manuals should be installed on
> your system and available both from the Start Menu at "Start >>
> Programs >> National Instruments >> Measurement Studio >> Online Help
> >> CVI Manuals" and on your hard drive at "\manuals".
> The manuals for CVI 4 and up are also available at
> "http://www.ni.com/manuals". We did not ship a set of printed manuals
> with CVI 5.5.
Thanks for your help.
I went back the next day, without the added pressure of a colleague
waiting for me to produce output, and discovered that the changes from
version 5.1 to 5.5 aren't that much. I also opened the on-line manual
at my desk, on my 21" monit
or which I have set to high-res (compared to
the 15" monitor at medium res, which is what's available to me in the
lab) and was able to see the illustrations.
On-line books are *not* adequate!!!
> Also, it sounded like you may have missed some of the
> good links on our website; the following are some of my favorite and
> informative links:
> http://zone.ni.com/libraries/
> http://www.ni.com/support/
> http://www.ni.com/public/
> http://www.ni.com/download/
> http://www.ni.com/upgrade/
Thanks for these. I'll be sure to check them out.
B

Color profiles for I photo books

Is there a desired color profile to use for printing books with i photo
My images are currently adobe-rgb. jpegs brought in from CS
When I print the images thru CS they look great.
When i print them thru I photo book or the PDF they look very dark and muddy...and would assume the same of the book printing online.
any ideas on how to get the best print.
Is there a color profile availabe from the online book printers or are we just winging it
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and PDF Print. And just fine thru CS
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I guess I am going to throw caution to the wind and see what happens.
Only one way to find out, Right
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Oddly my color management in CS is almost Flawless. Yet, get me out of CS and I am completely lost!!!! Complicated stuff
Toad, I did want to pass on that AdobeRGB 1998 is a much more robust color profile then SRGB especially when it come to printing on Epson. It might be worth experimenting with and if you really want to get into it there is also
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http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/prophoto-rgb.shtml
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spinosaurus wrote:
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Is it possible to reorder an iPhoto book 2 years later? My hard drive crashed and the photo book is no longer in my iPhoto but Apple printed it for me before the crash. Would Apple still be able to print another copy?

Is it possible to reorder an iPhoto book 2 years later? My hard drive crashed and the photo book is no longer in my iPhoto but Apple printed it for me before the crash. Would Apple still be able to print another copy?

For future books you might consider doing what I do: create a separate library for each book andcopy the photos for the book from your working library to the book library with iPhoto Library Manager.
When the book is completed and ordered burn the library package to a CD, DVD or external HD to archive it so it's available for editing and reordering at a later date if needed.

I had ordered a photo book print two years back. I want to reorder the same book again now. However, I have lost the album project in iphoto. Is there any way to see my print order history and reorder the same book for print ?

I had ordered a photo book print two years back. I want to reorder the same book again now. However, I have lost the album project/photos from iphoto.
Is there any way to see my print order history and reorder the same book for print ?

No. Apple only keeps the pdf file for a book for 30 days. Without the library and book project you won't be able to reorder the same book.
Even though the horse is out of the barn the following tutorial might be of help for future books, i.e. create a new library for each book): iP08 - Archiving an iPhoto Book for Editing and/or Ordering at a Later Date
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Best way to prepare photos for iPhoto printed book

Hello,
I was wondering what would be the best way to prepare photos for iPhoto printed book on a Macbook Pro so to achieve the most realistic results to what's on the screen
ie. which software should I use to change photos from RGB to CMYK, photoshop or iPhoto itself. I'm guessing maybe the autofix feature in iPhoto? (I don't have Aperture)
Secondly, which monitor color setting should I set the screen at? I'm guessing it's either Apple RGB or Colour LCD, maybe even ColorMatch RGB?
Any any other tips that people can give in achieving the most realistic results to what you have on the screen when your printed iPhoto book gets sent back. I don't want the mid tones to disappear or become too bright because the gamma and color settings were different to what they use at the other end.
Many thanks.

Hi,
The situation has changed a little, our original photos are in RAW format and some of them are slightly over saturated in the higher tones.
I've read on other threads that it is a good idea to run the 'Enhance' tool on all photos before sending the iPhoto Book away.
Since iPhoto's 'Enhance' tools seems to do a lot of helpful things like sharpen, adjust the levels, etc it also seems to notch the contrast up and this would prove destructive for the lighter and darker tones not captured by the camera's dynamic range.
So as I've been advised it's best to use Apple's own tools before sending the iPhoto Book away, so I'm going to download the trial of Aperture.
Does anyone have any more recommendations on which monitor colour profile setting to use etc. I've also read that iPhoto prints best from JPEGS so the RAW will obviously need changed. Will Aperture automatically save to Profile name: Camera RGB Profile after I've done some editing there?
What would be the best way to prepare RAW images in aperture where some of them might need an Image Overlay in Photomatix then imported back to Aperture for printing an Apple/iPhoto style Book?
Many thanks

Error message when uploading book for printing. All images are jpg and rgb. Could they be too large to upload? What size is required and how do I reduce size in Aperture?

I receive an error message when I upload my book for printing. Not sure what the problem is. All my images are jpg and rgb. Could they be too large as it takes about 15minutes to upload to Apple. How do I reduce the size of the image in Aperture?

Hi Leonie,
Thanks for your reply.
Error message below. The preview is fine . I can discount the first 2messages as its a new computer so plenty of disk space and upload doesn't seem to be interrupted. I have uploaded to iphoto before. have tried to upload 3times with the same error message. I had to photo my slides with a Kaiser Baas photo maker , which apparently doesn't scan but takes photos in megapixels of the slides. I am wondering now if the format is incompatible though they are jpg files or the colour type wrong. The image files are around 1-3 mb each and 72 ppi. I think I will now scan them properly with a scanner to 300dpi anyway to improve quality.
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Error message
1. Upload Error. Loss of connection or file corruption during order upload may cause an incomplete order. Resubmitting your order usually resolves this issue.
2. Low Disk Space. If your computer is running on low disk space, your files may be assembled incorrectly. Create more space by deleting unused files.
3. Unreadable PDF file or image files. Files are sometimes assembled incorrectly due to CMYK or Grayscale color space. Use the RGB color space for best results.

Can I print book with text blocks instead of photos?

I have spent all day creating a book to print which included a photo on front, poems in place of photos on all pages (which I'd previously made into jpgs by creating layers in photoshop). I get to the ordering stage and I get an error window saying:
DEFAULT TEXT: your book appears to have default text that has not yet been edited. Printed books will not include this text. Do you want to continue with your order?
SO what does the above mean exactly?
And is it not possible to print text pages instead of photos?
Iphoto doesn't appear to give an open to type text on each page, but maybe iphoto 6 (iLife) does???
And how come it's not possible to ship my order internationally?
Thank you in advance for your help in answering my questions

I haven't printed out an iPhoto book myself, but the message you are getting seems to indicate that you did not fill in some parts of page templates. If so, then those parts will print blank even though iPhoto shows them containing default text. You probably wanted them blank anyway, though.
As for using iPhoto to print out a book with only one picture, that is probably doing things the hard way. If you want to print a book of text, there are now web options to do so costing about the same as an iPhono book. I don't think iPhoto is going to add templates sson for non-photo books.
As for overseas shipping, that is probably an issue of duties and shipping costs. Many US sellers on the Web will ship only to the US or perhaps Canada.

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